Official Thread - Making of my 1st belt :)

[Crispvs]

They are looking good so far.

There is a point though you may want to consider before starting on some of the stages you outlined above. The type of frog with the disc cast into the end and then bent up appears to be associated with type 'A' plates. Type 'B' plates such as yours may have been associated with a different type. This second type actually looks very much like what you have made but at the end there is a stubby vertical column which the disc is rivetted to. In some cases this 'column' is narrow or conical and its end passes through a hole in the centre of the disc before being peened over to secure the disc to the frog. In other cases the 'column' is thicker and its centre is drilled to allow a rivet to pass through both it and the disc.

Therefore I would suggest that you leave the end of your piece the width it presently is so as to fix a very short (1/4 inch max) piece of sturdy brass tube to it which you can then rivet the disc to. If you manage to do this well you might still be able to get a 'cast' look but one where it is obvious that the disc is rivetted to this cast piece as many originals were.

Don't feel you have to choose this exact method but I hope this is useful to you all the same.

Crispvs