Use marine goop to glue metal pieces together
Goodwills and vintage stores are a true treasure trove of inexpensive items with a lot of personality that you can reuse in a thousand different ways. Mismatched dinner sets can be an ideal tool for a crafter to have in their inventory. It turns out that there is no end to the many ways in which you can repurpose antique pieces.
However, if you plan to use hard metal objects to make anything, you would do best to avoid drilling any holes into them, unless you want to ruin your drill bits. The key to keeping all the different parts together is marine glue, which is used to patch up boats. It is a super strong adhesive capable of sticking any material together.