A nice copper skull with tiny brass skull eyes. Nice head badge for a day of the dead bike, or if you are into that kind of thing.
Copper and Brass Skull Head Badge
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Shane, man of action, man of science, he reads far too much internets for his own good, and spends way too much time thinking about things. His fascination with human rights, human relationships, and general love of humanity often express themselves in a nerdy and ecological nature.
Aluminum Galactus Head Badge
I made this from a piece of an old computer power supply. It is Galactus, Eater of worlds!
Silver Bike Chain Ring
Silver, with a glossy brushed finish. I basically took apart some bike chain, traced and measured it out a million times to make sure it was right on paper, and to make sure it would “connect” correctly when it was put on the ring mandrel, and then went for it with the torch. The holes were made with a simple drill.
More Steel Letters
Working in thick steel…always tough, but they come out so strong! These guys ended up brazed on someones custom bicycle.
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.
My Work In The Wild: Cow Bell Head Badge
Mike sent in this great picture and comment about a cowbell head badge his girlfriend had made for him.
it came out totally awesome! my girlfriend sent you the artwork (sorry about the quality) and gave me the head badge for my birthday. i was complete surprise and i was blow away with how nice it came out!! I LOVE IT. probably took me ~1.5 hrs to get it into the right shape to fit my bike but it looks pretty bad ass on my cyclocross bike.
Wow, thanks so much for the kind words Mike. I am glad you like it, and you did a fine job of attaching it to your bicycle. It will look especially good after you get it all covered in mud and muck in the next cross race.
Steel Name Badge For Down Tube
Made this for a friend to give to his lady friend, that is her nick name. Goes on her stylish new cross bike. Working with thin steel is WAY more fun than working with thick gauge steel, which is horrible.
Don’t Steal Bike Bro U-Lock Badge
Copper with liver of sulfur oxidation, then polished slightly to leave the letters dark but the rest more bronze like. Bike cut out was pierced out with saw and pin vice drill. I annealed the copper before using the letter punches and it gave a much nicer impression.
Steampunk U-Lock Badge
So I was trying to make something really clean and nice looking…but I am a moron and was using the totally wrong solder…so I ended up with a gritty steam punk U-lock badge instead….
I sorta like the end results, came out very gritty and after a bit of polishing it doesn’t look half bad.
Building A Studio On The Cheap: Cheap Jewelers bench
I mean really cheap. Like $30 cheap. Stay with me now because this is really complicated.
1. Buy cheap flat pack 3 foot high shelf.
2. Mount cheap jewelers bench pin to shelf.
3. Build super simple dust catcher out of some old bike spokes some wood and some garden weed barrier.
Done!
Here are some pictures so you can see it in all its glory.
The dust catcher can be undone to dump the dust out, or to get at stuff under the top shelf. The supports for the dust catcher are made of two old bicycle spokes, and some wood that are held to the bench with twine and rubber bands. The three levels provide ample space for me to set things, and the bench pin is right at eye level if I move my computer desk chair all the way down. The lamp provides spot light when needed.
I have made dozens of projects on this set up and it works very well. Total cost, about $30 for the shelves (from target no less), the garden weed barrier used in the dust catcher was free from a friend, and the spokes came out of an old tire on my bike I had destroyed. The wood was cut off the ends of the magnetic tool holder to make it look nicer and square it up…so really total cost was about $30.
You don’t have to have a fancy bench to make fancy stuff. One day when I start selling my stuff for hundreds of dollars a piece I might go buy a big heavy desk with all the features…but till then this little guy does everything I need.
