How To Make Aluminum And Resin Autism Awareness Pendant Steps Part 2 of 4

This is the continued construction of the autism pendant.

Lay the front over the back and mark the top hole and one other with a sharpie.

Center punch and drill out one of the holes other than the top in the back



Use a template or free hand a cutout around the top hole to clear the rivet set in the front.  Make sure the size is not too big or it will not be covered by the front piece.




Cut the clearance notch in the back



Line up the back to the front and check fitup and clearance around notch.  Adjust notch if needed.

Lay front on heavy drawing paper and trace inside and outside with colored pencil in colors chosen for design.

Paper with pattern traced with 6 colors.  Be as creative with colors, patterns as desired.

The paper pattern is then filled in and colors saturated.

Lay the front over the drawing to check fit

Deburr the drilled holes in the front using a larger drill, twisting by hand.  This can be done right after holes are drilled to be a little more efficient.

Lightly sand each piece, additional finishing will happen later, but easiery to access surfaces now.

Cut one tube rivet about twice as thick as material.  Sand ends flat and smooth.  This will go in top hole and will be used to hang pendent from.

Using cone punch flare rivet.  Take light taps and flip over and repeat, over and over to keep rivet centered in material.

Rivet flared nicely on both sides, ready for ball peen hammer to finish rivet.

Finishing rivet with ball peen hammer, flip and repeat to keep rivet even.

To be continued......