By Kevin Chen, posted Nov 15, 2012 at 2:20 PM, 7,119 views,

This Is How You Make Yourself an iPhone 5 By Using a Piece of Steel

When you cannot afford a real iPhone 5, you don’t have to trade in your kidney. Recently, a Chinese dude crafted an iPhone 5 out of a piece of steel. He published a set of photos on Sina Weibo showing how he made it. Check it out after the break.

A steel plate at 140mm long, 60mm wide and 6mm thick. It is just perfect for iPhone5.

Then began to cut and polish the steel plate according to iPhone5’s dimensions.

Draw a line on the plate where it will be cut as the tiny groove of the iPhone 5.

Make the steel grey by using chemical water. Don’t dye it with paint because it will fade easily.

Using a polishing machine to polish the plate surface, which help to remove all the iron rust to make it feel smooth.

Using the same chemical water to dye the top and bottom part of the plate in order to make them darker than other parts of the plate.

Draw an Apple logo and the “iPhone 5″ with a pencil.

Print a copy of the menu interface and stick it on the screen. The masterpiece is done.

You may also want to take a look at “Plastic Surgery” For Your Old iPhone 4/4S.

SOURCE: Sina Weibo