Belt Buckle project

[JGrefenstette]

I have friend who has been wanting me to make him a belt buck for over a year, so i finnaly told him id make him one for christmas and give it to him when we met for newyears. But, i was going to make it a surprise for him and not tell him the design. so because of his love for Fords, i decided to make a ford buckle. i got a number of pictures for yall to see. What i did was buy a ford grill emblem and then use 1/4 inch steel from some old angle iron i have for the backing. i then made the bracket and hook for other material. bracket/loop = "D-ring", bracket/loop fasteners = 2 nuts, hook = tip of a framing nail. because of the studds in the back of the emblem i decided to drill out holls in the the backing for stability and to help line it up. after drilling them out i welded over the back and then ground then flush, to create a smooth backing and still provide holes for mounting. i used 3M emblem adheasive to mount the emblem. the only part that was actually challenging was making the backing be perfectly matched to the oval shape of the emblem. surprisingly it turned out very well i think. i was really pleased with it. the total time was 2 half days of work. im actually going to make one for myself. After a Dodge one of course :-laf , and im going to see about making a cummins one too, but getting the inside of the C persice will be tough with out a plasma.



here are some shots



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[JGrefenstette]

since the pictures are not working here is a link with some instead. lets see if this works. http://good-times. webshots.com/album/556840536efETCm

 

[BimmerAgent]

Nice job, J ! Wish I could work with metal like that. Bruce

 

[rbattelle]

Wow, that is one big belt buckle. Nice craftsmanship!



Ryan

 

[JGrefenstette]

thanks guys. i love doin this kinda thing. ima try do a dodge one a see about doin a cummins. if they turn out well i might start makin a bunch for a small profit. it is a blast fabricating metal cause the finished product is almost always rewarding

 

[nickleinonen]

Wow, that is one big belt buckle. Nice craftsmanship!



Ryan

yep. nice work on it. .



but with a belt buckle that big...



makes me think someone is overcompansating for something lacking in the belt buckle local:-laf:-laf:-laf

 

[rbattelle]

but with a belt buckle that big...

makes me think someone is overcompansating for something lacking in the belt buckle locale:-laf:-laf:-laf

Now that's funny right there. :-laf Can you make me a real tiny one?



Ryan

 

[JGrefenstette]

Now that's funny right there. :-laf Can you make me a real tiny one?



Ryan

hahaha... ya id love to make you a tinny one, how small you talkin, like keychain size? :-laf



one of the reasons i made it so big is cause my buddy is a BIG boy, and the buckle acctually looked totaly normal if not slightly small on him. he's a biggin