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Making headbadges

Hey, this subforum may not be the right place for this, sorry, but I figured you guys would know out of anyone. I'm interested in making headbadges and I have a couple ideas of how to start, but I want to know if anyone has any experience or recommendations. I was looking at using stainless steel and sort of following this: http://www.headbadges.com/id75.html at least with the soldering different layers together. I guess I'm just trying to figure out what a good gauge would be to use and if I'm about to do anything horribly wrong. I was going to pick up some jewelry files and a saw and get to work. It looks like the metalworking shop has 0.012", 0.018", 0.023" and 0.028" sheets. I was thinking of going with the thickest. I think the framebuilder wants to braze the headbage into the frame rather than attach with rivets or screws.
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