Steampunk Zippo mod

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I have an old, basic, run-of-the-mill Zippo in my drawer for a couple of years now. Just layin there, doing nothing. A friend of mine is a goldsmith with a very nice workstation. So I was thinking of personalizing my Zippo. To celebrate the bith of my daughter I wanted to mod my Zippo in her honer (although I hope she never starts smoking like her dad).

So here goes. First off I ran the lighter on some sanding paper to make the brass come out a little. in time this wil make the look more old. Sorry, no pics of that.

Then I wrecked an old watch and removed all the cool looking sprockets

Then we proceeded to make a frame. It has the letter K cut out of it that stands for her first initial

Next I made some ideas on a piece of foam

In the end I came up with the ‘snail’ look. It has the thought of time standing still when I’m with my baby girl.

It all came together as this:

We then poured it in green Epoxy

Now, almost done, we just have to sand it and polish it to get to the end result. We will do this tonight so the one last picture of the end result will be posted this week! So stoked!!

Wanted to share this with you

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