Re: [CR] Headbadge maker at NAHBS? was Headbadge basics

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Date: Sat, 6 Mar 2010 19:08:52 -0500
From: "Rodd Heino" <rodd.heino@gmail.com>
To: Thomas Adams <thomasthomasa@yahoo.com>
Cc: classicrenezvous <classicrendezvous@bikelist.org>
Subject: Re: [CR] Headbadge maker at NAHBS? was Headbadge basics


Hey Tom

I bet they were talking about Suzanne Carlsen

http://www.velocolour.com/suzanne09.html

Hope that helps

Rodd Heino Ottawa Canada

On 6 March 2010 18:52, Thomas Adams <thomasthomasa@yahoo.com> wrote:
> A helpful listmember sez there was a professional headbage making company
> at NAHBS this year. Does anyone have contact information? Not that I
> couldn't do a wonderful job myself, but it's my duty to stimulate the
> economy---
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> Tom Adams
> Manhattan KS USA
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> At the recent NAHBS there was a head badge making company displaying. They
> might be worth talking with.
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> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Thomas Adams" <thomasthomasa@yahoo.com
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> To: <classicrendezvous@bikelist.org>
> Sent: Saturday, March 06, 2010 4:44 PM
> Subject: [CR] Headbadge basics
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> Dear List:
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> I'm thinking about getting in over my head again, to try to make a
> headbadge for the Willis frame. What materials will I need? Brass, aluminum,
> or what? How thick of a stock do I use? How thick can I use? Thicker stock
> would perhaps be more durable, and allow for roudning the edges, but would
> be harder to work. Any particular rules for cutting it? My plan, for any
> piece I can't reach with tin snips, is to drill a series of holes near the
> interior line, snip the remainders and then polish flat with a file. Color,
> if brass, will probably be bare polished. If aluminum, then black.
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> Suggestions for rounding the badge? How large should the item be? Screws or
> rivets? If screws, what size and what size hole to drill in the headtube?
> And what length screw?
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> Instrument laquer, or just a good coat of wax? What says the group?
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> Tom Adams, Manhattan, KS
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