Victor cooler script

[BrianB]

My last script job that I did involved a "Seeburg" logo from a Teardrop speaker.

I sent it out to have it chrome plated and it ended up fracturing between two letters and was unrepairable. My plater made it right though!

He has a longtime friend of his who does metal casting for a living cast a few "new" Seeburg emblems based off of my original. His attention to detail was awesome! He even got the curviture correct to match the roundness of the grill face. My plater chromed it and sent it to me with no charge due to the initial mishap.

Casting is pretty inexpensive and it's how the originals were typically made.

I would say the hardest thing about finishing your Victor script isn't the machining process itself, it's finding the best way to clamp the peice down to the mill table!

[vintage-air]

Brian, let me know this guys info on the casting. I might try to send him my original so he can make a mold and cast a few pieces. My objective of making them from stainless was to just polish and not have to send out for chrome. I know lead is very inexpensive to buy but melting, pouring and making the mold is the time consuming part not to mention buying all the equipment. Was he pretty reasonable on price?

[BrianB]

I can contact my chrome guy and see what the pricing would have been if it had of been an original, off-the-street job that wasn't a payback for a mistake.

I don't think it was to pricey. I'll make some calls and let you know.