Ok, here we are. It’s Friday and we’re going to finish off the dominoes.
The first three are super easy.
1) Glue a bail to the back
2) Glue a pin back to the back
3) Glue a super strong magnet to the back.
ORRRRR get really crazy and start drilling holes.
I even tried a few ways of drilling the holes… you know, just to see which way was best.
I used a coffee filter and wrapped it around the domino to prevent the clamp from scratching the surface and then secured it to the counter with a clamp. I drilled a hole in the top with a hand crank type drill.
Believe it or not the dominoes are pretty easy to drill. I drilled right through one!
You can also use a power drill.
Or you can get REALLY crazy and use a drill press. Not everyone has one, I know, but if you are going to drill a hole in lots of dominoes then this is the way to go.
Mr. Brown says don’t forget your eye protection!
Use a jig to help hold the domino.
And a clamp.
And then put a little jewelry glue on the eye hook and screw it in.
TA DA!!
Post Notes: Originally posted on my typepad blog October 2010
Absolutely genius. thanks for sharing. Love the bird and branches looks like a Majong tile.
Yes, it kind of does Wings and Beads. I never saw that before. 🙂
Thanks Kim! Dominoes aren’t all that expensive. And they go a long way, as you can see! 🙂 Email a photo or two of your finished dominoes and I’ll add them to my blog!
Thanks so much for sticking with the process and figuring out how to subscribe and comment. I know I’ve had trouble with other blog formats too and you have to be a little stubborn to wade through all of the garbage to finally be able to leave your comment. And what a comment! I LOVE IT!
I loved the spider domino too. It’ll be great for Halloween. I almost bought another tin of the dang dominoes today. Somebody STOP ME! 🙂
Beautiful work! I looove the bird domino. I have a bunch of alcohol inks upstairs in my craft room, guess I need to invest in some dominoes now!
I’m officially addicted to your blog hehe. It took me awhile to figure out how to subscribe and leave a comment, not used to Typepad after using blogger for so long. Anyway…it’s a very hard choice, but I LOVE the latest spider web domino. The orange leaf is a close second 🙂