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04-16-2018, 11:04 PM
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The first prints of what I think is the production version were waiting for me when I got home from a trip. 316 stainless infused with bronze. Non-magnetic with a regular magnet and only slightly magnetic with a neodymium supermagnet so I don't think they will rust. They feel beefy enough to handle kissing a wood piling - concrete or rocks probably not good. With the grit blast finish after printing, they look a lot like sand castings - I think I will probably leave mine that way instead of polishing the letter/number faces. I can always polish them later if I end up wanting to.
I will have to send one emblem back since it came a bit curved with a minor defect on one edge but all the others came out fine. We are working on a way for folks to be able to just download files and have them printed - that way I am not the gatekeeper or moneychanger. More news to follow on that. I have already made 20 and 21 emblems (in addition to the 23 and 27) and will post those too. I can do other numbers if someone wants them - all it takes is about 1 nice glass of wine and a quiet house. 
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03-11-2018, 07:58 PM
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I honestly like the raw non-polished version. Nice patina to it!
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04-19-2018, 10:23 AM
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Hey FLexpat, these are looking great! I own a plastics manufacturing facility. Have you looked into having these machined out of plastic? We're building a set of machines right now and are making the face plates out of 2 color HDPE. This allows for us to machine away the top layer with a CNC router to reveal a contrasting color below. I've got some extra material lying around, could give it a try to see if that's an option?
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07-15-2018, 12:15 PM
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Right now I am looking at heat treating to get the patina to the 316/Br prints instead of chemical treatment (like cold blueing for guns) that I used on the first few. I hope to have that dialed in a few weeks. After that I will come up with a way for folks to just download the files they want and have them printed by a shop (I am using ExOne) with the finish they want and shipped to their house - it keeps me out of the loop. Right now the files I have already made are: SeaCraft emblem (Miami, FLA. below) 27 emblem 23 emblem 21 emblem 20 emblem If there is interest, I can also make 18, 19, and 25 emblems. Likewise, if someone wants to replace the 'Miami, FLA.' text with something else (year?), it should be easy for me to do a few custom ones. As far as pricing goes, it has been costing me about 250 (delivered) for a set of 2 SeaCraft emblems and 2 length emblems (one set for each side) - I guess just the SeaCraft emblems would probably be about 190/pair delivered. The heat treat patina will cost a few bucks more. I am planning on polishing the letter faces myself after mine get heat treated - but it looks like ExOne could do that too for more $.
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#7
07-23-2018, 02:06 PM
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Nice work, check out https://www.protolabs.com/ if you want a second quote. I've have used them many times for work projects.
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#8
01-10-2019, 01:26 PM
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Are you still Making these?
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#10
01-17-2019, 11:22 AM
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I have the files done but haven't gotten around to finding a place to putting them for download. Current formats are .SLDPRT and .STL so if there is a better one, let me know. Until I get hosting figured out you can PM me and I can send via email.
Madpoodle - I sent you a PM
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