Mike here.
One to beam up.
So the first thing I did was just go into Easel and I just wanted to draw some Federation
looking shapes.
And I picked a couple of different styles.
And then just made some copies of them.
OK.
So when the machine finishes all of the components are still connected to the waste-board with
tabs.
This is to prevent them from coming loose and getting damaged by the spindle.
And we're just going to use a razor knife to cut them loose.
OK.
So I have two different colors of paint here.
I have some chrome paint and I have some gold paint.
I'm going to paint the Federation emblem with the chrome paint and the gold paint I am going
to use to paint the comm badge.
OK.
I'm just going to hold them together with a little dab of CA glue.
And now you can see why we needed that raised section on this one specific one.
OK.
So I'm just going to add some double sided tape to the back and this will allow me to
stick them to things.
Well alright this was a lot of fun.
I was originally going to make these from aluminum and brass.
And for whatever reason I just could not get the X-Carve to cooperate and I think its the
bit that I am using and so I've ordered another bit and I'll probably try this again.
You can see some pictures on my blog of some things that didn't work at TheGeekPub.com.
I then made a prototype out of wood and then thought "Well this actually doesn't look that
bad.", so I went ahead and made a few.
And they're not perfect.
There's a few problems and some things I would do different (and we'll talk about those in
the blog article as well).
But they turned out pretty well and I kind of like them.
And so if you want one, I'm going to mail out two of them.
So if you will go onto TheGeekPub.com and click the contact section.
Drop me a like with your name and your email address.
If you're one of the first two I will send you one.
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