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YAMERNA
10-22-2007, 06:44 PM
well im in metal shop and our project is a wire forum and i dont know what my pattern should be i was thinking of doing the outline of a quad or maby the yamaha logo so im open to anny ideas

Ghost-Rider
10-22-2007, 06:49 PM
So you just have to make a shape ? Are you welding?


We're making belt buckles right now.

YAMERNA
10-22-2007, 06:54 PM
yea were welding a out line of the pattern the pattern has to have definet lines so no pics but i was thinking of photoshoping a yfz450 pic and see how it looks

trx400EXtreme
10-22-2007, 06:55 PM
yea the yamaha logo would be pretty cool. we're melting aluminum right now and i was gonna do the honda wings but i couldn't get it to look right.

YAMERNA
10-22-2007, 06:57 PM
are you doing sand castings ? i did the FMF logo last year it came out good

Ghost-Rider
10-22-2007, 06:57 PM
So wait, are you making an oxy-fuel bead in the shape of something ? Or Mig ?

YAMERNA
10-22-2007, 07:08 PM
well im brazing wire simular to a coat hanger if i can find a pic of an example i will try to post it

trx400EXtreme
10-22-2007, 07:29 PM
Originally posted by YAMERNA
are you doing sand castings ? i did the FMF logo last year it came out good yea... we're doing sand castings.

Titanium
10-23-2007, 10:33 AM
i did a big Fox Racing emblem last year

Ghost-Rider
10-23-2007, 01:09 PM
Oh, so your melting the rod into the shape of something ?



And the FMF logo sounds cool, for my belt buckle i was going to make a Ford oval then weld V8 into it but i could cut out FMF and edge weld them together. I'm still trying to think of things to do.

trx400EXtreme
10-23-2007, 02:52 PM
Originally posted by Titanium
i did a big Fox Racing emblem last year i thought about that too, but once again couldnt get the styrafoam(sp) to look right, so im just doin my first initial "A" then im gonna put some cool design on it.