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Scissor pin
parts you need.
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Cutout pin backing.
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cutout scissor half
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popdots mini eyelets
washers pinback
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Short vs long mini
eyelets
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Back of Velda's
nametag pin for Reno
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Velda's Pin
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Mel's Pin
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Scissor Pin and Scissor Demo
Precision Sharpening Plus
Reno Pals Convention 2001
Contact Velda and Mel at solomonv@jps.net for information on scissors
Instructions for making Velda's Scissor Pin with "working" scissor.
Items needed:
background for pin,with scissor picture half scissor small scissors (those in Reno got to "pick their weapon" for cutting!) eyelets and tool with firm surface to set eyelet something to make hole (Velda used a nail set on a block of wood) Note: Bonnie Boyles new drill would work well here, I tried it.
Pinback
1. Cut out scissor pin background close to border
2. Cut out scissor half, trimming to remove pieces of blade that looks like it is underneath
3. use nail set or long reach tiny hole punch or pin to poke a hole through each piece where screw is in scissor
4. Push eyelet through both pieces so scissor is assembled
5. Close eyelet using eyelet tool, by setting tool over shank end, and striking once or twice firmly while resting against a firm surface
6. Place pinback on back, being careful to put it so pin opens downward for easy fastening on clothes. Congratulations, you have made a pin that has moving parts! And, if you were in Reno, you now know which scissor you like best!
General Instructions for making pins with moving parts:
What you need:
software and graphics for designing and a printer cardstock, I used 65 lb white laminate, I used double sided xyron pin back eyelets and tool or straight pins and a wire cutter and pliers to bend over popdots scissors Think in terms of what you want to move, be they body parts, things characters are holding, or the characters themselves. You can make scissors open and close, arms move, things go around like clock hands, wheels turn, and so on. You can make things stick out, move, glitter, hang, swing and so on.
1. Choose a theme, and design a pin backing with places for moving parts (see photos of Velda's and Mel's pins)
2. Design the parts to move.
3. Test print to double check size and fit
4. Print each, on cardstock and add decor like glitter glue ( I found out the hard way, glitter glue does not stick well to laminate, so it is better to glitter first, laminate next)
5. Laminate as desired to make pieces durable, then cut out each piece.
6. Use eyelets, popdots, thread, or even folded springs of paper to attach things to make them move on your pin. I used a straight pin, pushed through Mel's scissor,which was sitting on a anvil, then into a popdot the anvil is on, then through the backing and clipped it off with a wire cutter. I then secured it with a drop of instant glue on the back to protect myself from the end of the pin. I think in retrospect, it would be better to use a drop of hot glue as instant glue does not bond well or dry fast on laminate.
7. Last step is adding pinback to back.
Info on Velda's Nametag Pin for Reno 2001
Designed with Print Artist 4.75 Platinum, using my photo and PA graphic scissor, and the convention logo. Printed using Epson 870 printer on white 65 lb cardstock. Decorated with glitter glue by Elmer Glue Laminate by xyron, double sided eyelets from Sue's Wacky Wagon (package of 100 short shank with tool for about $7 pinback from Sue's Wacky Wagon
Moving parts:
picture of me: put a small circle of white laminated cardstock onto pin background with a eyelet, not tapped too tight, so it will still spin around; put a popdot onto the circle and the picture of me onto the top of the popdot, so my picture can be turned stethoscope: printed from PA stock graphic, with color change and glitter on earpieces; extra enlarged bell using eyelet fastened to bell on stethoscope, stethocope hangs by cutting it out in neck area leaving a tiny opening to slide over picture; added note: my son suggested if I had pink wild wire, I could make the earpieces of wire, but I did not have any pink scissor, both pieces cut out, then a straight pin pushed through both pieces and through pinbackground. My son helped here, he cut a small cardstock laminated washer, put the pin through it, cut and bent the pin over with small pliers to keep my from being impaled on my own pin, LOL The pin head was almost exactly the size of the screw head in the scissor at that size.
Mel's Nametag for Reno 2001 Mel's own design.
Took me months of playing and thinking to design mine. A few days before we left for Reno, I suddenly realized he needed one too! I explained to him, and in about 30 seconds he thought up and described to me what he wanted, I designed it, he made changes, then we printed it and finished it in a short time. Mine was a much longer story, LOL.
Mel's: Same program, printer, cardstock, etc. Made rectangular background and glittered it before laminating. Cutout of "Mel" is put on with 2 popdots. A small slit at border of hand and clothes holds the hammer as I cut it so it fit tight. The screwdriver is simply glued to his other hand. The anvil is on a popdot with scissor on top, with a straight pin through it all. Lightning bolts are glued in place where he wanted them.