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This NYC Subway cuff by Tiffany Burnette would be a reasonable remake for a beginning metalsmith using a toner-transfer etch process (or a laser cutter) and a bracelet mandrel. Via Core77.
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NYC Subway Cuff
Posted by Becky Stern |
Jul 8, 2009 09:06 PM
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I like the design but I have tried to wear something similar to this once when I went to some party dressed as a roman soldier. They are so frikkin' uncomfortable! Your skin constantly gets pinched and you feel like you have wrist brace on.
BTW what is the tone-transfer etch process?
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Toner etching is usually done on circuit boards, but it works pretty well with other metals.
Basically, you print a mirror image of what you want etched onto some glossy paper, and iron it onto the metal. This provides the etch-resist. Drop the metal into the etchant chemical, and whatever is covered in toner is left (relatively) unetched.
Instructables.com has several posts about it; google will turn up loads of sites, too.
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So i bought one for my girlfriend.. it's a map but it's not a nyc subway map. it has nyc names on it but the actual map portion isn't even similar to the nyc map.
i was really disappointed.
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hmm - I assume the one you received looks like the one above?
If so, from the portion I can see, it looks like the station relationships are accurate - tho it appears lateral distances have been compressed to accommodate the bracelet format.
http://mta.info/nyct/maps/submap.htm
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