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[sugarblue_sunny]

Anyone know of a resource where I could find sawed-off screw heads [for decorative/embellishment purposes

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[mothie]

Umm. Saw them off yourself? Not trying to be flip. My dh does it all the time for SCA armor repair. Just put the thing in a vice and saw away. ;-]

[lizreay]

Yeah...it'd probably be significantly more feasible and cheaper to either grab a saw or a Dremel with a cutoff wheel to do this.

[sugarblue_sunny]

Can't, don't have the tools/space.

[meryddian]

Well, screws are cheap. And wirecutters are not THAT expensive, so if you get screws with larger heads but a thin body, it would be relatively easy work to snip off the bodies and then use a file to smooth down the nub.

[aranel13]

You could always make a mold and form them out of clay.

[sugarblue_sunny]

That's a good idea, but it don't think it would look right and I don't have the materials to make a mold.

[sugarblue_sunny]

Thanks for such detailed advice!

[squirrelmadness]

I couldn't edit my entry so I deleted it and reposted it with the update. Apologies for any confusion.

[squirrelmadness]

I can't imagine any place that does that regularly for resale, so you'll probably have to do the sawing yourself. If you know anyone who has experience with casting (as one sometimes sees with jewelry makers at Renn Fairs) just have them make impressions of the heads and cast them. Although I wouldn't advise doing that yourself without practice, since liquid metal is very painful. You might even be able to get it done as a custom job at a Renn fair, depending.

[unicornemporium]

Do you have any male friends, dad, grandfather, uncle, etc. with tools? If you can beg, borrow or steal ;), it would be much cheaper and easier to get what you want if you cut them yourself or have a friend/acquaintance/family member do it, or help you do it.

If you did go the clay route, you can make a mold from Fimo or Sculpey...I know Sculpey has a particular clay just for making molds. Or, go to Michaels and get Amazing Mold Putty...it is a an easy to use, two-part mold making putty. You mix A with B for three minutes, press the item you want to mold into it...let it set up for a few minutes, and viola! You have a very detailed mold.

[sugarblue_sunny]

Probably. I'm sure I have some female friends too. *ahem* :)

Thank you for the detailed information about molding!