I'm a Hat Geek

I Made this first:

But I wanted to print it, so it became this:

It got printed, 

This bit is where mom took over, she knows how to solder. 

The construction of it at this point is an optometrists lens, the paper, then a huge chunk of wood.

What you can't see there is that the whole thing is wrapped up in solder like a York {®} peppermint patty. 

 I didn't like it. 

I Suggested we ditch the wood, in favour of metal tape.  That worked. 

I love it.

Thanks, mom.