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2011-05-31, 8:20pm
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bryntaran
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Join Date: Feb 24, 2009
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How the heck can I make hat pins?
Just got back from driving horses and needed to wear a hat. My hat stayed on but a friend's tried to fly off a few times. I recall my mom having hat pins to hold her hats on and wondered how I could make them. Not sure what kind of metal to use, where to get it, how to anneal, the whole thing. Any thoughts and/or ideas would be much appreciated.
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2011-05-31, 8:23pm
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Sheila Davis Designs
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Join Date: May 23, 2009
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I don't know about adding glass,but I have bought hatpins from Fire MT. the kind you add beads to.They're kinda pointy at one end.
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2011-06-01, 1:17am
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Hobby Junkie
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You could always make a bead on the end of an uncoated 1/16" mandrel. After it is annealed, cut it to the length you want and grind the end into a point.
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2011-06-01, 8:54am
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you can also get thinner SS welding rod.. but what Cori says...
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2011-06-01, 6:37pm
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Brass and copper make good hat pins, kinda like hair sticks but longer. You see them at Ren faires, SciFi Convention dealers and SCA merchants.
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2011-06-01, 7:50pm
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My cousin just ordered some hat pin blanks -on the internet. They were so near to 1/16 mandrels. Would just news to sharpen one end and buy some end caps. We made them for wedding hats - with my beads on the ends. Used clear earring stoppers to hold the beads in place.
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