Metal Tux case badges... or looking for a pantograph

[Howard Gibson]

On Wed, 15 Feb 2006 14:11:37 -0500 (EST)
Colin McGregor <colinmc151-bJEeYj9oJeDQT0dZR+AlfA at public.gmane.org> wrote:

> Ok, the whole doing metal Tux case badges for the
> Linux World show is a pet obsession for me... The
> problem that I have is creating a "master" badge from
> which copies can be made. To that end I asked about
> CNC machines for directly cutting a master out of say
> aluminium, an approach that so far has not come up
> with workable solutions.

Colin,

   I saw an article somewhere on backyard sand casting.  You need a wooden pattern, a box, some sand and something heavy, like you car to squish everything down.  Also, you need molten metal and someone with carving skills.  

   If the internet fails, try searching the library. 

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