Vintage Electrical Resistor Steampunk-ish Charm

Today I wanted to share a fun recycled charm I am making for the charm swap...

I'm using a vintage electrical resistor as the main part of my charm today. 

Here's what they look like....

I found these in among a whole bunch of interesting old electrical stuff at an auction.  I figured I could do something cool with them so I bought the whole kit n caboodle!  I love the colors and with a wire on both ends they just scream altered charms. 

Here's what I did...

I started off by turning the wires into loops on each end....

Bend....

Loop....

Wrap & Snip off excess....

Finished Loop....

Then I added a couple gears on one end and a lobster claw finding on the other end.

Ta-Daaaaaa.....

Pretty cool huh? 

Just something a little different anyway. 

I think they will be cool sprinkled in among all of the other charms in the swap :)