Homemade Headtube Badge

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7/14/2015 5:55 AM
Edited Date/Time: 5/26/2018 9:32 AM

I love my bike.
It feels great and it looks great, what's not to like?

Lately, however, I have been making my bike look a bit more like a respectable one. I removed stickers. I gave it some elbow grease with a rag and soapy water. Eyeing it, something was just missing.

A head tube badge.

So, a few weeks into the school holidays, I just squeezed the brake on my hibernation mode. Something had to be done.

This thread is a small log of my efforts, and for you all to comment: I love comments.

Sketching up some ideas on paper:

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Skylight

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7/14/2015 6:03 AM

I chose the shovel/spade crossing the sickle design.
Here is the base material...

More pics soon.

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Skylight

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7/14/2015 6:23 AM

All set and ready to go: dremel with cutting discs at the ready, gloves, a mask, and (not in the photo) ear muffs for sound protection.

I had to draw the motif the other way around on the backside so that I would have the correct orientation on the right side (the polished one).

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Skylight

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7/14/2015 6:28 AM

Halfway finished...

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dave lawrence

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7/14/2015 6:29 AM
Edited Date/Time: 7/14/2015 7:03 AM

I am anxious to see the results, I plan to make one out of Copper or wood
Not sure what I want to do design wise.

One thing I ALWAYS suggest, make it a tad bigger than you think you need, so you can file it down to smooth it up.

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"BIKES!" -Tom Segura

Skylight

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7/14/2015 6:37 AM

Done.

A bit sketchy, but that is because it hasn't been polished and smoothened.

What do you think?

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Chelseabmx

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7/14/2015 7:03 AM

Thats alrite mate good idea

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dave lawrence

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7/14/2015 7:07 AM

File it smooth, polish it up.

How are you planning to fasten it to the frame?

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Skylight

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7/14/2015 8:32 AM

dave lawrence wrote:
File it smooth, polish it up.

How are you planning to fasten it to the frame?

dave lawrence wrote:
File it smooth, polish it up.

How are you planning to fasten it to the frame?

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Ah. Tricky one that.

The original plan was to put it up with bolts in the Gyro holes.
That is feasible but didn't quite work with the design.

I am planning to remove the sticker badge, sand the paint down a tiny bit, and either use epoxy or super glue/ CA.

The steel is stainless so there is no worry of it rusting.

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Skylight

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7/14/2015 9:02 AM

dave lawrence wrote:
I am anxious to see the results, I plan to make one out of Copper or wood
Not sure what I want to do design wise.

One thing ...more

dave lawrence wrote:
I am anxious to see the results, I plan to make one out of Copper or wood
Not sure what I want to do design wise.

One thing I ALWAYS suggest, make it a tad bigger than you think you need, so you can file it down to smooth it up.

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It's one thing I discovered...

This is actually my second try. The first failed miserably on an overly thick plate.

I have a lot of material left, who wants a (rough) head tube badge?

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EddiMundo

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7/14/2015 11:44 AM

I want to make this into one, but i need to curve it and put a very small hole in it aswell aha. looking good though man! ht badges are underrated for sure

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NEW Bike check
That InstaGram ting - @EddiMundo
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Ahh skeet skeet

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7/14/2015 12:25 PM

My brother works at a prop shop... I could probably get one done in a few hours out of any material.

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Charliekeet

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7/14/2015 12:56 PM

Y'all are crafty. I rely on finding cool large-size stickers and just giving the HT a different look once in a while...

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Frmrly BmxBos
Ref: Robinson79, aaron.samuel.green

Skylight

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7/15/2015 4:44 AM

CNC would be the best... Imagine a 3D owl sculpture for a badge!

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7/15/2015 8:46 AM

I like Canada dry

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Colonydirt94

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7/15/2015 1:36 PM

I did a semi custom one on my last bike. I'll try to find a picture of it. (New computer)

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Colonydirt94

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7/15/2015 1:47 PM

I have better pics on my instagram that are like over a year old but cant save them off insta. But here's one of them. Took the Kink Mudrunner badge and drilled out the K. I did another one where it had more detail and was all gold from sanding the silver paint off. Pretty fun projects.