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# Valentines
In these bleak days of credit crunch I have decided to be a cheap bastard and make the valentines present this year. So I Made a rose out of old copper pipes.



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Anybody else made anything for their special ones this year?

Thank you to everyone for the nice comments :)
(I helped save b3ta! bobzarkoff, Fri 13 Feb 2009, 18:11, archived)
# :o
thats awesome!
(I helped save b3ta! Geoffpeas All the cut, Fri 13 Feb 2009, 18:12, archived)
# :)
Thank you
(I helped save b3ta! bobzarkoff, Fri 13 Feb 2009, 18:21, archived)
# It looks like you splooged in the middle of it.
(I helped save b3ta! Mu Dinofiddler, Fri 13 Feb 2009, 18:12, archived)
# I think it was the guy down there . . . V
(I helped save b3ta! Valin I changed glasses while I wasn't looking, Fri 13 Feb 2009, 18:14, archived)
# I was going to say similar, but I feared I could be outed as a deviant.
YOU FREAK.
(I helped save b3ta! Ttssattsr, Fri 13 Feb 2009, 18:14, archived)
# Don't judge me Ttss :(
(I helped save b3ta! Mu Dinofiddler, Fri 13 Feb 2009, 18:16, archived)
# I'm planning a gaz. I'll brainstorm some ideas later and hopefully get a first draft sorted.
(I helped save b3ta! Ttssattsr, Fri 13 Feb 2009, 18:20, archived)
# :)
(I helped save b3ta! Mu Dinofiddler, Fri 13 Feb 2009, 18:26, archived)
# That was the special valentines surprise for her
(Really it's solder)
(I helped save b3ta! bobzarkoff, Fri 13 Feb 2009, 18:15, archived)
# Yeah, this:
www.2ql.net/uploads/1234530846.swf

Nice rose, by the way.
(I helped save b3ta! zoldergoose, Fri 13 Feb 2009, 18:12, archived)
# Hahaha
I like that a lot, hope it works.
(I helped save b3ta! bobzarkoff, Fri 13 Feb 2009, 18:16, archived)
# How did you do this?
(hieronymus bosch pcmechanic 4ver in ar harts, goodnite sweet angle, Fri 13 Feb 2009, 18:14, archived)
# I watched
this video and tried to copy it, making a few changes. I cut the cooper pipe in half so it folded flat.
(I helped save b3ta! bobzarkoff, Fri 13 Feb 2009, 18:19, archived)
# that's fab
(I helped save b3ta! Griffin Saver Something, something, 2006, something., Fri 13 Feb 2009, 18:15, archived)
# I laminated a picture of Jim and one of myself
I then put three holes in each and attached wires, which I then connected with what I call a chocolate block connector.

Then I made a hook from some 10mm cable.

I prefer your pipes - pray tell your methods.
(I helped save b3ta! LordManley twitter.com/LordManley, Fri 13 Feb 2009, 18:15, archived)
# I cut the pipes into 8 various lengths (ranging from 1" to 4")
then heated those bits until they glowed red and threw them in a bucket of water (I was using really old pipes that were very brittle if I tried to bend them, heating them made them more flexible).
Then I cut the pipes down the middle to unfold them and make them flat. I then cut these into hourglass figures (8's)and started to hammer the outside edge with a chisel to make little groves (texture on the petal). Next I drilled a hole in the middle and reheated each petal as before. I assembled them all onto a it of electrical wire and soldered the bottom on. Finally I started to bend the petals up and curling them back at the top.

Your gift sounds ace, homemade gifts are the best.
(I helped save b3ta! bobzarkoff, Fri 13 Feb 2009, 18:35, archived)
# I made a special mistake . . .
(I helped save b3ta! Valin I changed glasses while I wasn't looking, Fri 13 Feb 2009, 18:15, archived)
# I maded a peom.
*blush*

Your copper rosebud is lovely. Copper rosebud. Sounds like a euphamism.
(I helped save b3ta! Dixipoos Bye Bye Blackbird, Fri 13 Feb 2009, 18:16, archived)
# you're thinking of a bumhole aren't you?
a balloon knot
a teatowel holder
the rusty sheriff's badge
chocolate starfish
a sarlacc
(I helped save b3ta! Griffin Saver Something, something, 2006, something., Fri 13 Feb 2009, 18:21, archived)
# sarlacc hahahha
(I helped save b3ta! Dixipoos Bye Bye Blackbird, Fri 13 Feb 2009, 18:25, archived)
# Haha
"Here's a copper rosebud for you, can I have your copper rosebud now?"

Mrs Zarkoff would love a poem, but I'm useless at writing them. It would probably end up being about monkeys.
(I helped save b3ta! bobzarkoff, Fri 13 Feb 2009, 18:39, archived)
# Not me
but this guy did.

Pretty cool, actually.
(I helped save b3ta! b3th Not shit. Not mod., Fri 13 Feb 2009, 18:21, archived)
# don'tcha just hate him*
*not really
(I helped save b3ta! Griffin Saver Something, something, 2006, something., Fri 13 Feb 2009, 18:24, archived)
# No, I'm very jealous of his missus.
Having said that, mr b3th is going to pay for a new boiler in my flat, so he is just as lovely.

I now have to go and make something nice for him. Buggrit.
(I helped save b3ta! b3th Not shit. Not mod., Fri 13 Feb 2009, 18:26, archived)
#
you know what you have to do
(I helped save b3ta! Griffin Saver Something, something, 2006, something., Fri 13 Feb 2009, 18:31, archived)
# That is pretty cool
(I helped save b3ta! bobzarkoff, Fri 13 Feb 2009, 18:36, archived)
# bob, that's fab!
(I helped save b3ta! greedydave cries when he wanks, Fri 13 Feb 2009, 18:24, archived)