Profiling a head badge
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raleighnut
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Face down on a leather metalworkers stuffed bag and a tube of the right diameter then hit it with a 'dead blow' mallet
raleighnut
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Well tomato puree, vinegar and sugar is essentially what tomato ketchup is
I'll use fresh pineapple if I've got it, but otherwise I've always got a can of pineapple in juice lurking in the cupboard for precisely that reason. Sweet & sour vegetables make a good filling for spring rolls btw...
Haven't bought a jar or pouch of sweet & sour sauce since I saw that Hairy Bikers episode.
Well, I don't have a stuffed bag, maybe I can find something similar
raleighnut
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I suppose a piece of timber with a semi circular groove carved in it would be an alternative, anything harder would risk denting the face of the headbadge unless you were to make 2 matching dies and use a press.
I was thinking a half section of plastic tubing. Ideally it wants to be curved to a smaller radius than the head tube, so attaching it causes it to open up. I've seen plenty lifting at the edges, and it looks awful...
raleighnut
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I'd have thought the tubing would bend before the stainless unless it's really thin.
classic33
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Old sock, filled with damp sand.
rogerzilla
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The last time I did one, I bent it around the fork steerer, which is about the right undersize compared to the head tube. It was brass though, so not as springy.
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