Recognition

[boysie39]

To all,
I dont know if this would be in order, would the Uk workshops consider getting their Emblem made available to members for whatever they cost so that if you go to a show or exhabition it would be possible to go up to anyone wearing it and who knows put a face to a name.
I do realize that I'm a comparitive newcomer to the Site and maybe it has been discussed before and there are problems but it is nice to see another person that you have something in common with and never would know but for a small piece of cloth or metal being displayed.
As a former Golfer who has travelled a fair bit of U.S and all of Europe i have found that having the Crest of your club showing you wood very seldom be left on your own. Just a thought. REgards Boysie.

 

[The Shark]

Hi Boysie,
I think it would be a good idea, but again don't know if it has been discussed before.

Association of Woodturners of Great Britain do a lapel badge for £2.50, which can be seen in the shop on their website. Are you thinking along these lines?

Malc

 

[PowerTool]

I agree,think it's a good idea.
Name stickers for shows have been done before,and I think Philly and the woodkateeers had tee-shirts printed once.

(Next,we need some sort of secret handshake... :wink

Andrew

 

[wizer]

It's a great idea, but we have asked for it before. The administrator of this site doesn't seem to be interested in such a venture. So it would be up to the members to get together and come up with something that we all agree on and fund it ourselves.

I think that some sort of lapel pin would be better than a sticker. The other option is to figure out a design that we could all make ourselves. That way we can all put our own spin on a design and make it a little more cryptic.

 

[TEP]

Mornin'. Great minds and fools come to mind. :lol: I sent Charley a PM yesterday just about this very subject. I have found a site which does very cheap badges, the sort of things you see kids wearing.

Anyway I have asked Charley if he would mind me using a photo logo from the top left hand corners of the site pages, am still waiting a reply. My plan was mainly for the folks who are going to the AWGB seminar at Loughborough, just as Eugene says, so we could recognise a fellow addict.

I will say it now, these badges are not the sort of thing like the AWGB lapel pin. Just a 25mm round badge.

I agree that a proper lapel pin sounds good, and that would be better than my present idea, as the whole forum membership could use it when visiting wood shows and so on.

 

[wizer]

What about something like this

http://www.mshaw.co.uk/brands.htm

i.e UKW branded on a piece of wood and then made into a pin.

 

[Jenx]

Good idea. :idea:

From a wee bit of past experience with Motorcycle Clubs doing similar .. the more colours involved, the more expensive it is to produce ...

The bigger the production run.. the price starts to diminish exponentially.

The biggest 'banana skin' is co-ordinating actually making it happen...
definately a project best left with 1 person to organise and keep a hold-of.
And his biggest difficulty is ( perhaps not surprisingly ) getting the cash out of people.

From what I experienced - cloth patches are good, nice enough .....
but a quality metal pin-badge was always considered nicest, and most popular... and most expensive ( but worth it for sure )

Last involvement in this was about 8 years ago .. a two-coloured badge, (black and silver).. nice quality, and a run of two hundred.
Sold on as a 'non-profit' thing at the time, they ended up costing each person just under a fiver. Nobody in that 200 felt diddled.. they were delighted with the quality etc and felt the deal was worth it.

Its a splendid Idea Boysie & Tam .. perhaps need the 'volume' of all the wood-fraternity here, ... but surely that couldn't be beyond the wit of man to make happen.

I'm 'in' regardless of the cost.

Nice one 8) 8) 8) 8)

 

[boysie39]

Glad to see that it is getting reasonable reaction from some of the members,but its early days yet,and there is always one. As regards size and what material, I think a metal of some kind, and about 20mm or 3/4" in size.
It's nice to see Tam,Andrew,Wizer,Malc. thinking along these lines too.
As regards the secret greeting I.m not too sure the last secret greeting I got left me very sore for a few days. So at this stage if it were possible to get the majority to row in with their support or not, then anything is possible. REgards Boysie

 

[wizer]

I'd be happy to take this on. I'll do some research over the weekend and see what I can come up with.

 

[Jenx]

sure the last secret greeting I got left me very sore for a few days.

You leave that GOAT alone :wink:



Good Man, Tom.

 

[BMac]

Phew! I was worried there...I thought Wizer wanted to start branding us.

A metal badge seems like a good idea.

 

[stevebuk]

count me in :lol:

 

[user 5053]

Have none of you got the gumption to make your own badge with the logo on it. Simply get a slice of lightly coloured wood and pyrograph the name and logo on it. All you need then is to drill a hole and put a piece of string through it or glue a badge pin to it. I get given umpteen badges but find I never wear them because one is always taking jumpers and sweatshirts on and off with Britains ever changeable weather. Its a nice idea but I'm afraid I'm out on this one.

 

[penman]

This definitely sounds like an exelent idea.

Count me in as well.

Malcolm

 

[THOMASB]

Great idea, count me in as well, lets see what Wizer comes up with.

 

[wizer]

Have none of you got the gumption to make your own badge with the logo on it. Simply get a slice of lightly coloured wood and pyrograph the name and logo on it. All you need then is to drill a hole and put a piece of string through it or glue a badge pin to it. I get given umpteen badges but find I never wear them because one is always taking jumpers and sweatshirts on and off with Britains ever changeable weather. Its a nice idea but I'm afraid I'm out on this one.

I really don't think you should waste your time on these forums. We're obviously a bunch of idiots who can't work out our arse from our elbow. Seeing as you never have anything nice to say, it'd probably best you save that useful energy to put into your own master pieces.

 

[cornucopia]

I will be at the awgb seminar- I'm easy to see at 6'5" but a badge would help- i'm in

 

[Anonymous]

... make your own badge ...

often the simplest solutions get lost in an over egged pud :lol:

(I edited out the possibly contentious bits in the quote... the idea is a good'un)

 

[boysie39]

Maybe Soulfly miss understood you can have more than one, Why I intend to get two, one for me work clothes and one for me Sunday best!!
As a matter of fact I may up it to four=one for the front and one for the back,that way you wont know if I have turned me back on you.
REgards Boysie

 

[Bodrighy]

Have none of you got the gumption to make your own badge with the logo on it. Simply get a slice of lightly coloured wood and pyrograph the name and logo on it. All you need then is to drill a hole and put a piece of string through it or glue a badge pin to it. I get given umpteen badges but find I never wear them because one is always taking jumpers and sweatshirts on and off with Britains ever changeable weather. Its a nice idea but I'm afraid I'm out on this one.

Translation

Perhaps if it isn't possible or impractical to get them made we could all make our own. A simple badge with our names and the basic 'UKWorkshop' logo pyrographed should suffice. Badge pins are cheap enough on the neyt and can be glued on the back. Mind you it might be easier to have it as a pendant astyle as due to the everchanging climate it would negate the necessity to keep removing and replacing.

Pete[/i]