Latest Work: Celeritas Badge

I am kind of proud of this guy, took a lot of work to cut out all those little letters (each one is about 4 mm tall), and really liked how it came out. Nickel is an annoying material to work with as its slightly toxic so you can’t breath it, or touch it too much. But other than that it takes a nice shine, I am going to probably clean up around the letters a bit more, other than that its done. If you want your own badge head over to my etsy store.

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Latest Work: Skull Bike Polo Head Badges

I am making these to donate them to an all ladies bike polo tournament, and I have to admit I am really loving the way they are coming out. Its the first time I have made three “identical” head badges, so I thought I would take some process photos to show you how these are made.

My process is usually one of designing the badge on the computer and then printing it out and rubber cementing it onto the metal for the cutting.

After that you have to clean up all the pieces, to make sure they are nice and smooth for soldering.

Then you have to sweat solder all the pieces together, this involves a two step process of putting solder on the backs of the top pieces (the copper cog and skull), lots of flux and torching later you have two pieces with a nice layer of solder on the back, then you clean them up, flux em again, flip em over, onto the brass back piece, and heat the brass piece until the soldier runs out to the edges of the copper pieces.

Then its into the pickle Once out of the pickle you clean it up again with ever finer grain sand paper, until its shiny and good, then into the tumbler for a couple hours to get that super high shine, a quick bend over a pipe, and a quick dip in protective coating, and tada head badge!

You can see my other work here, and even buy them here.

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One Of My Creations In The Wild

I made this for a customer for his wife, her name is Heather (hence the nickname H-Bomb) I think it came out great! You can see pics of it before attachment here.

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Holiday Bike Bling

A couple people have contacted me about head badges, and other stuff (you can see a collection of other stuff I make here), specifically about ordering them for holiday gifts. Some of these items can take a while to make, so if you are interested in getting something for your special someones bike (or for your own), it might be a good idea to order it sooner rather than later.

You can contact me about orders here, but the best way is to check out my etsy page. I do take custom orders, and can work on ideas you might have (for head badges, and other stuff), so don’t be afraid to ask.

Thanks for the kind words I have gotten from people, my craft is kind of slowly evolving and I have been thinking about expanding my shop a bit…stay tuned.

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The Great Pumpkin Hunt Alley Cat Head Badge

Another Halloween race, another head badge prize donation. I went with something recognizable and popular, Jack the pumpkin king!

More info about the race here.

If you are not into racing and want your own head badge check out my etsy page.

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