Fig. 80. steel letters and figures for die sinking
Hold the steel letter perfectly straight and give it a goodly blow with the hammer when the die will sink into the metal and leave the impression of the letter below the surface. Finish stamping the name by working both ways from the middle letter, for this is the way to get the name on the badge evenly.
With a set of steel letters and figures you can also stamp key checks, jewelers’ checks, baggage checks and name plates and also sink names on wood, metal, leather, etc.
Finishing Up the Badge.
—The next thing to do is to solder a pin on the back of the badge as shown at [E in Fig. 79]. Scrape the back up and down the middle bright and clean; put a small safety pin on the badge and hold them together with a pair of tweezers. Then put on a couple of drops of soldering fluid.[83]
THE BACK WITH PIN SOLDERED ON
READY TO WEAR
Fig. 79e, f. last steps in making a badge