theres a biz around the corner from acme thats been there over a hundred yrs they do metal stamping lots of police badges n such they have made many custom items for neighborhood folks (it is an art community) that are awesome surely yr town still has such a biz if not i can get ya the contact info for the one here in kc peace
sarahgibson
kansascity
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gin bicycle_ > From: tom.ward@juno.com> Date: Fri, 7 Nov 2008 03:33:19 +0
000> To: hsachs@alumni.rice.edu> Subject: re: [CR]Reproducing a head badge>
CC: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org> > Harvey,> I may have missed this in
your posts, but what material is the original > head badge made out of?
I imagine it is may be of brass or bronze or alu> minum alloy. I wonder if
some jewelry-making craftsperson exists in your> area who can help. I also
seem to recall from childhood model railroadi> ng investigations conducted
at age eleven that, at least in the 1970s, p> eople were casting small
brass items at home using the "lost-wax" proces> s. Isn't it unfortunate th
at lead is heavy, and toxic? It has that lovel> y low melting point.... I
believe that aluminum has a rather high meltin> g point; it's not easy t
o generate sufficient heat with the type of faci> lities individuals typica
lly have readily at hand.> I applaud you for aiming to reproduce the Hamel
head badge, and encourag> e you to see the project through. I wish I had
more to offer than the ab> ove and my encouragement. Do make more than one
if possible; no doubt th> ere is another badgeless Hamel somewhere. It's
remarkable what gradually> comes to light.> I'm glad that it is apparently
a cast piece--or am I making an assumptio> n here? Some headbadges are inci
sed sheet material, whether stamped or o> therwise; some are enamelled
flat sheet; some are a more hefty casting w> ith a bit of texture....> It
occurs to me that another option, albeit less satisfactory, would be >
to reproduce the graphic design of the badge as a transfer; this could b
> e used until the proper, metal headbadge is completed--that is, shoul
d t> he process of recreating the headbadge become drawn out over time.> At
any rate, it is a noble effort. I hope others will be able to offer y> o
u more technical advice than I have been able to render. I hope my ques> ti
on, above, about materials proves to be on-point as a basis for furthe>
r talk.> Tom Ward> Brooklyn, NY -- USA> > ______________________________
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