/diy/ - Do It Yourself

>>1131645
>Also, what equipment do I need to create something like pic related?

a mallet, a bowling ball, and a shitty welder. maybe an angle grinder and some clamps.

>>1131645
what happened to the hotel?

if nothing else, frame them in a key box in display as an wall art will be quite suitable for any hotel lobby to show the history of the brand

>>1131645
>Also, what equipment do I need to create something like pic related?

5 min Epoxy and an inflatable ball.

>15-20 kgs of old keys. What do.

Fishing lures
Arrow heads
Bump keys
Metalcasting material

>>1131645
>stereotype key symbol

Like skeleton keys? You can sell those.

>>1131657
Like pic related. Who are looking to buy skeleton keys?

>>1131650
As in big welding equipment? What can I do to weld without investing in expensive equipment? Is it possible to do?

>>1131654
I like your idea.
The hotel was shut down in the 80's as result of a nationwide recession. It has been in storage since and last year we sold the property where we stored everything from the hotel and I was in charge of clearing everything out.

>>1131676
Necklaces

If they are dirty, clean them. Then get a chain that matches the color and feel of the result. Sell on Esty.

If you have a matching pair, earrings.

>>1131657
They sell for pennies each, or melt value. If he sold his lot at once, it would depress the price even further. The problem is that if the price gets too high (as it did a few years ago) the chinks make knockoffs and dump them.

>>1131654
This may bet the most profitable idea, if you can find a high end hotel that would take it.

>>1131676
>As in big welding equipment?
fuck no. this little hobby shit is EXACTLY what the harbor freight welders were made for. they are small and cheap.

>>1131735
aren't a lot of keys brass/non ferrous?

>>1131645
cold welding

>>1131645
>mfw OP is the keymaker

>>1131645
>long line of women owning and running hotels
hotels

>>1131645
Obviously the only answer os a key table made from or covered in keyes with clear epoxy resin top.

>>1131645
Make a bowl for your keys.

put them under random peoples' doormats

Weld them all together in a large artistic looking skeleton key. Something like 3-5 ft. Then either keep it or sell it.

>>1132216
The Key of Keys

>>1131645
>I want to use them for art projects

http://www.thisiscolossal.com/tags/keys/

>>1132216
Keyblade of keys, might get some attention on the cosplay circuit.

>>1132231
Nice

You can weld them into a gate or a door for irony's sake.

>>1132037
This picture... it makes me feel cozy...

>>1131645
Melt them down and make locks out of them. It's very related to the world today, it's like a gender reassignment for keys :^)

>>1132386
The meta is strong with this one...

>>1131655
>5 min Epoxy and an inflatable ball.
Epoxy a ball, place keys on, coat in Epoxy, pop ball? But then how to get the ball off the keys?

>>1132456
Use the ball as support and epoxy the keys together

>>1131645
My mom made a pretty neat project with some old wood where she joined some worn out planks together into a big board, stained it, and attached a bunch of antique padlocks and skeleton keys to it. You could make somthing like that and hang it on a wall.

>>1132389
Dude. I'm having a local artist sign a guitare and sealing it ina bar with leds. Make epoxy resin great again!

>>1132037
Thsts a pretty fucking sexy table

Instead of a ball, apply the same tactic on a female statue

>>1132621
something like this but then with keys.

>>1132624
Is that a washing machine joke? Would kind of be fitting for OP's ancestral whores.

>>1131676
>Who are looking to buy skeleton keys?

Antique stores. They'll buy them to either (hopefully) use on pieces that have no keys, or (usually) sell them to other people looking to buy old keys.

You could make a scale mail piece depending on how many you have. Maybe a bracer at least but a shirt would be really cool.

>>1132797
back

>>1131676
Gas brazing with brass would work also.

>>1131769
Yes. The skeleton keys will probably be ferrous. A magnet is your friend.

Brass keys can be brazed or soldered.

>>1131645
Make a wind chime out of them and hide the key to your house amongst them

Forge the one true keyblade out of em. Sora will have nothing on you.

>>1132456
>But then how to get the ball off the keys?
Fire.

>>1131645
Keep what you want and sell the rest on Etsy and ebay for a ton of money. People collect old keys.

>>1132797
Looks weird enough to be a display piece. How much would it be for a vest?

>>1131645
Make them into rings. At least the special ones. I collect old keys. My house uses a skeleton key as a master.

>>1134880
Approximately 6000 keys on a guess.

>>1132114

WINNER