Hi Guys,
Maybe I'm being too overly cautious, but I've seen too many eagles with the pins broken off the back, and since these are 70 years old, I want to play it safe.
This is a project I will probably be tackling in the next week or so. I know that hot metal tends to bend easier than cold metal, so I'm wondering if I should heat up the pins before trying to straighten them out for insertion into the helmet? Has anyone had any experience doing this? If heating the pins is a good idea, what is the best method?
By the way, this is a large eagle for the front of a pith helmet I'm referring to, not the smaller eagle for the side.
Maybe I'm being too overly cautious, but I've seen too many eagles with the pins broken off the back, and since these are 70 years old, I want to play it safe.
This is a project I will probably be tackling in the next week or so. I know that hot metal tends to bend easier than cold metal, so I'm wondering if I should heat up the pins before trying to straighten them out for insertion into the helmet? Has anyone had any experience doing this? If heating the pins is a good idea, what is the best method?
By the way, this is a large eagle for the front of a pith helmet I'm referring to, not the smaller eagle for the side.
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