Author Topic: 1874 GG Badge  (Read 2065 times)

Offline luvtofish

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1874 GG Badge
« on: October 28, 2020, 05:01:50 PM »
I've been toying around with the idea of casting a scaled badge of the original gun to mount on my D&E GG. I recreated the original badge in Fusion360 and 3D printed it. It's approximately 1.750 in by .094 thick. The lettering looks pretty good but could be better. It's the best I could do on the printer I have. With a little cleanup I think it would cast out great using the lost PLA method. Thoughts?

Offline Dave

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Re: 1874 GG Badge
« Reply #1 on: November 02, 2020, 02:56:24 PM »
I dunno why it wouldnt work! I think Cutter or Sparky had CNC'ed some out.... Might be able to get the code from one of them...

Offline Sparky_NY

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Re: 1874 GG Badge
« Reply #2 on: November 02, 2020, 06:00:04 PM »

Myself, Cutter and maybe some others shared a bunch of ideas about a medallion but I don't believe anyone actually made one ((yet)

There are some pics etc in the 357 build thread. (Towards the end)

I will get to it sometime, other projects keep coming up.    I bought a 24Krpm spindle to mount on my bridgeport as a sub-spindle to do fine detailing and engraving with this in mind.   
« Last Edit: November 03, 2020, 06:42:25 AM by Sparky_NY »

Offline Rolland

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Re: 1874 GG Badge
« Reply #3 on: November 02, 2020, 09:57:31 PM »
I have an original one that I got from Paul on my gun, it could be made with the lost wax process. I think that is how his were made. It is curved now to fit the receiver tube but could still be used, I think>>>>>

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Re: 1874 GG Badge
« Reply #4 on: November 04, 2020, 09:21:41 PM »
If I can clean up this 3Dprint, I can make a mold from plaster much like jewelry is cast. The PLA burns out of the casting to provide a perfect mold for pouring in the brass. I