Thread: Recreating the Woodfast badge

Restoring a 10" Woodfast Jointer but sadly the badge has seen better days, going to make a new one and track the progress here. Luckily I have the same badges on my 10" bandsaw so I have a good reference point, just need to take some measurements and go from there.




Looking at the badge and it's slightly convex, flipped over and you can been pressed out in the center. I'll need to make some sort of jig for this in order to preserve the flat outer circle but I'll worry about that later.



There are two options for having this made up. I could go with a metal printing service which is cheap but I don't think it will look as nice, I'm also worried the image will deform when being pressed. The original has been etched by the looks of things, the Woodfast name sits ever so slightly proud of the white filled area.

So the other option is attempt etching myself or send it off to be laser etched. Once I have the painted areas etched then I can tackle painting. It should be relatively easy as I just need to fill the etched areas, scrape any excess from the raised areas while still wet and then give it a sand and clear coat. I'm leaning towards the laser at the moment, then I can get a bunch of them made at once and I'll have spares.

Thoughts? I'm struggling to figure out what the badge is actually made of at the moment. In the first photo it looks like brass where the paint is flaking off. But then how is the rest silver?