How to Make Badges, etc.
—It is fascinating work to sink a name into a piece of sheet metal with steel dies and yet it is very easy if you have the tools and you can make some money out of it too, for every boy wants a badge or a medal.
SHEET OF GERMAN SILVER OR BRASS WITH SHIELD MARKED ON IT
THE SHIELD CUT OUT
Fig. 79a, b. first steps in making a badge
Badges can be made of any kind of sheet metal ¹⁄₆₄ inch thick or more but German silver[78] makes mighty pretty ones for it takes a high polish and remains bright a long time. To cut out a shield, a star or any kind of a badge get a ¹⁄₄ and a ¹⁄₂ inch straight cold chisel and a ¹⁄₄ and a ¹⁄₂ inch curved cold chisel,[79] also a block of hard wood one side of which must be nice and smooth.[80]
[78] You can buy German silver in any quantity and thickness of Patterson Bros., Park Row, N. Y.
[79] The P. F. Smith Co., 325 West 42nd St., N. Y. C, make these chisels.
[80] You can make it so by scraping it with a piece of glass.