Introduction: How to Make a Plate Waist Belt Buckle From a Medal

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Find a solid brass panel, let's make a waist belt buckle

Supplies

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Step 1:

Let’s make the frame by hand. Use 2mm x 5mm solid brass bar. The inner height is 12mm, inner length is 42mm.

Step 2:

Find suitable places for holes.

Step 3:

Use the positioning awl to prick a small hole, then when you drill the hole, the bit won’t move.

Step 4:

Drill 2.5mm holes.

Step 5:

Bend the panel.

Step 6:

Glue fabric to protect the panel when shooting.

Step 7:

 Shoot!

Step 8:

Clamp the frame on reasonable place.

Step 9:

Put a piece of No.51 welding wire on with flux No.51-F.

Step 10:

Heat by torch, Don’t heat the flux directly, burn the other part, use the heat to melt the wire.

Step 11:

Weld the other side by the same step.

Step 12:

Find the stud place by the positioning awl.

Step 13:

Install the tiger teeth clamp.

Step 14:

Cut off the stud’s thread and weld. Because the panel is only 3mm thick, so I weld the stud on, if the panel is thick over than 4mm, I will drill a hole and tap thread for the hole, then only need screwing the stud on.

Step 15:

Polish by sand paper.

Step 16:

 Clamp the stud on.

Step 17:

Wrap it by No.51 welding wire with No.51-F flux.

Step 18:

Polish it. Done.