Copper bandaid

Posted by Cory Doctorow, February 17, 2009 10:44 PM | permalink

Becky Stern sez, "I'm taking an introductory metalworking class, and for our first sample project I made this copper band-aid. I formed the strip on a hydraulic press (read: car jack in a steel frame) sandwiched between layers of acrylic (bottom) and flexible urethane (top). The pad is textured by running it through a roller against some window screen, then I applied a water-based white patina. The overall texture of the strip is hammered and buffed. It's about seven inches long. I'm excited to learn more about metalworking."

Copper Band-Aid (Thanks, Becky!)

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#1 posted by thickdot , February 17, 2009 10:52 PM

I like it. Other things to make:

A Left Handed Bacon Stretcher

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#2 posted by Anonymous , February 17, 2009 10:56 PM

blingin' band-aid.

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#3 posted by Telecustard , February 17, 2009 11:36 PM

If you were going to make a band aid out of metal, copper is good because it has antibacterial properties. I'm pretty sure no germs will grow on this project. And it keeps nasty RF out of the wound.

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#4 posted by laureltree , February 18, 2009 12:07 AM

NIIIICE. I'm a metal worker as well so this is right up my alley. (I actually like casting more)

That "white patina" spoke of, what is being used? A salt of copper? or a dye solution??? Any Boing Boingers have an idea?

Also, ways to display this: I see this hanging on a rod. Do you have an idea of how you might display this if you were to set it up somewhere (think gallery or museum). I love hearing artists ideas on how to display their own artwork. It brings new meaning to the piece.

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#5 posted by michaelc , February 18, 2009 1:59 AM

I think the next metalworking project should be a giant, but maybe slightly accident prone, robot. A normal band-aid is about 3 inches long, so a 14 foot high humanoid robot would be approximately to scale.

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#6 posted by PaulR , February 18, 2009 4:11 AM

It'll keep the barnacles off the wound, eh?

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#7 posted by salvarsan , February 18, 2009 5:28 AM

Looks like brass, though.

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#8 posted by bekathwia , February 18, 2009 6:20 AM

@laureltree I don't quite know what the patina is, I borrowed it from a friend. It's water-based, and I had to apply several layers to get any kind of coating, which is then very powdery. Since I'm not wearing it as jewelry or anything, I might as well have used acrylic paint.

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#9 posted by gATO , February 18, 2009 6:37 AM

I'm really disappointed that this wasn't called a Steampunk Band-aid :(

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#10 posted by TEKNA2007 , February 18, 2009 7:29 AM

laureltree#4:

NIIIICE. I'm a metal worker as well so this is right up my alley.

Right up your alloy?

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#11 posted by Droogy , February 18, 2009 8:34 AM

My boyfriend is interested in metal-working - specifically making resonating metal/gongs -anyone know of a place to learn this in the LA area?

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