Coketab Chain Mail

by backflip11 in Workshop > Metalworking

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Coketab Chain Mail

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Here's a great way to reuse old coke tabs to make chai mail this could be used to make any thing even a shirt

Materials
Come tabs
Wire snips
Pliers

Gather Coke Tabs

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Get as many coke tabs as you can it takes a lot just to warn you

Shape

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This is not nessery but it gives character to the chain mail and makes it look more realistic all you have to do is pinch the tab over the wide hole at top and bend down to make a sorta v

Cut

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This is so you can link the tabs together all you have to do is cut a slot directly above where it connects to the can

Link

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This is hard to explain so I took plenty of pictures all you have to do is take the slot you just cut and link it to the bottom of another tab

Add

Just keep adding links to make what ever you want to make have fun!