I first thought that it would be possible to clamp and drill the hole by hand, but I was unable to create consistent holes. The main reason for this was that I was trying to drill with the grain in which the grains of the wood will try to push the drill bit around. My solution to this was to use a drill press and a clamp. After this step, I wanted to know that what I was doing would indeed work so I made a prototype, using the pen cartridge and shortened nail combination for the first hinge for the twisting motion.
I was very happy to see that it did in fact work! This worked really well, creating a hole for the glue and picture to sit in. In order to made the rest of the holes and steps, I used exacto-knives and Dremels. These took a long time because of how quickly the tips of the exacto-knives dulled and eventually broke off. Eventually I was done with the middle piece. The next challenge of this project was to make the second, half-pin hinges. I then took my exacto-knife and whittle the dowel in half.
This meant that I had to make this piece twice in the exact same way. I then took and cut a hole and set a small magnet in both halves of the pin and waited for them to dry I superglued all of the magnets in place. I then started the process of sanding each of the two pins down to the correct length. The rest of the process included putting on the back panel and assembling the locket together. You can see the final product in the picture below.
Your email address will not be published. Notify me of follow-up comments by email. Notify me of new posts by email. Post Comment. Enter your email address to subscribe to this blog and receive notifications of new posts by email. Email Address. April 20, Jeffrey Gay. Student Work. No Comments. Locket with doors swung open. Half of locket, showing the inner pin working From here, I created drawings detailing each step that I took throughout the process.
Stock after cutting out the profiles. Drilling center hole with drill press and clamp. Center hole in part. Prototype of twisting hinge, in oval shape. These machines will have no problem removing fingers or hands!! Feed the wood the along the fence and cut the strips out. When it's getting near the end of each strip, use a shaped piece of wood to feed the last of the wood through. You will need 4 strips but make more to practice with.
If any of the surfaces are rough, give then a quick sanding with some fine grit sand paper. I love seeing all the different designs for the illusionist locket. Thanks for sharing! Here is my version of the illusionist locket I sell on my website www. So I have an alternate design, very rough but I think it would work and be slightly more aesthetic. Lemme know what you guys think and I will try to make a model.
Reply 3 years ago. Reply 8 years ago on Introduction. Second, when rotating from oval to heart shape the piece is held together only by magnets on either half of the device. Let me know if this is enough to get a picture. M y facebook for projects. Bring me projects! You can choice between 10 wood samples, up to 5 models of inlays, and about 6 inlays materials. The pendant its very similar to the one used on the movie. I use only 4 pieces of wood and not 8 like this tutorial teaches or even 6 most viewed at youtube.
My pendants have only 4 leafs of wood. Reply 6 years ago on Introduction. Love it. I don't have access to laser cutters or most of the tools needed, but I'm going to try it with hand tools, I'm much better at those anyhow.
This is amazingly done. My idea though, is going to be making a design on the front, that when closed forms one design and when opened forms a new design. It'll be tricky but I'll try it. Thanks for the great 'ible. Love your design! I want to buy one so bad for my gf. Can you recommend which one i should buy? I'm on a budget but i want something that will last.
I got 8 layer but don't know which are The parts on the left side of the picture, if you glue the top three pieces together red , and on the right hand side glue the three bottom pieces green. Just make sure to install the rotating pin before it's all glued. That's a pretty neat deal! I really like it. Thanks, great Instructable, you have my vote!! Introduction: Illusionist Locket: a How To. By nazdreg Follow. More by the author:.
Last Christmas, I decided to make my girlfriend the locket from the Illusionist.. As far as i know, in the movie, they used two lockets and didn't actually make a working one.
As you can imagine, after some people saw this cool locket, they wanted to make a working one, myself included. The first thing I did after I decided to make the locket was to have a quick google search. I wanted to make it more than a plain locket, to have some detail in the front and back surface so that it was visually more appealing. With this in mind, I started looking up veneers. I then had the idea of making the front and back surface from two separate materials so there was a full depth inlay.
I came up with a few designs for the front, from the butterfly seen in the movie to stars and horse shoes. In the end, I decided to go with a stylised A her first initial and used a Celtic script I'm Irish :P If you like this instructable, please vote for it in the holiday gift competition and in the instructable design contest.
Thank you!! Anyway, here is the list of equipment: Sand paper some fine, medium and coarse grades Laser cutter or Scroll saw, Scalper with good blades, Good tweezers, Glue I used super thin model aircraft super-glue but regular super-glue will do too.. Table saw or bandsaw Needle nose pliers Drill or lathe wood lathe is fine Fret saw makes life easier Jewelers files optional Warning!!! Please, do not use any tools that you are unfamiliar with!!
Ask for help!! Some of these tools can be very dangerous and should be treated with care. I take no responsibilities for any injuries sustained in the process manufacturing this locket. You've been warned Materials: 3mm Arcylic don't need much but may need to make a few test pieces, mm x mm should be enough Your wood of choice. Pick one that'll look good and has a nice grain.
I used walnut. Attachments Illusionist locket. Laser: Load the design files into whatever software package you are using, or use the included 2d editor to draw the parts.
Place a layer in the laser, setting what ever you need to set and make a test cut. Try reduce the amount of burning to the wood, it just makes cleaning the burn marks easier. When you're happy, cut out all the wooden parts. I speak from experience :P Now repeat with the acrylic design. Yes, it is bright Scroll saw: Mount the printouts on the wooden layers Carefully cut out each layer.
Be patient!! Don't press on the blade too hard and keep a good hold of the work. Clean up any rough edges with medium sandpaper Repeat with the acrylic this time. Be carefull with the acrylic and take it nice and handy. If your fit is just a little bit off, don't use the saw to fix it!!
Using a scalpel, cut though on layer 3 where the lines are. Watch you finger here too The first thing I did was to assemble the front and back sections. Before any glue was applied, I gave all the edges to be glued a very light sanding with fine sandpaper to remove any burrs or carbon left from the laser.
Do a dry fit just to make sure it all fits. Keep repeating the process until the two parts of the front and the back are assembled. Try not to mix them up. Take the fine brazing rod and bend it into a U shape with two longish legs..
Next, bend the legs of the U down more than 90 degrees. This give the loop extra purchase in the wood and make's it much harder to it to be pulled out. Mark the position for the holes in the third layer of the upper portion top right and drill with the right size bit at the correct angle. Now carve out a channel from the hole's to edge of the wood for the loop to sit in.
Sit the loop in the wood, making any adjustments necessary. Starting with layer 3, Score along the line of the pin, carving a small channel for the pin to sit in. You can use the small drill bit to help carve out the small recess for the ball. Use the scalpel to give it a good round shape. Take the pin and bend it where it need to be bent, then snip off what ever is excess. Place the correct layer 2 piece their respective layer 3 pieces and mark where the small channel is on the layer two parts.
Repeat 1 and 2 until the pin can sit in it correct position and the layers can sit complete flat on one another. Try to keep the pin as tight as possible.
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