This sounds really friggin’ cool, if I wasn’t strapped for cash right now, I’d get one.

Also, this is my first comment here, at hackaday.

Hey! Greetz from Brazil! Nice badges you got made! I wish I had an cnc machine…

very nice! i’d love a little nametag or something in that.

neg wants!

what better use to put some hours on your mill than making custom badges :p

Thats really cool – I’m interested in buying one – but if I could make a request – on a round plate, about 2″ diameter. I just moved from a BMW convertible to a Plymouth Voyager – I want to cover the Plymouth insignia really badly. Great project!

Can I get one with the Hack-a-Day logo? Maybe add that as an option? And for that matter, why don’t you open a Hack-a-Day store with some shirts/stickers? Perhaps it exists and I’ve missed it over the years?

That is sweet.

i love hack a day! i love these badges!!

shipping to the UK isn’t very much; only about $3 or so.
Just a heads up. Ya know, because you have readers in the UK.

case badges look good, but you think you could make a version in acrylic too, I have a sweet idea for an LED illuminated badge i want to hack together!

thats awesome! I visit the site daily and while I don’t understand everything you cover, I try to learn!

Awesome idea, I’d love to have one!

very awesome

i am not a tool, i am not a tool! (altered mrs. doubtfire line [original: i... amnotacook, i... amnotacook!])
please, i am not desperate for a badge, it makes no nevermind to me. if you desire, pick someone else whom you would rather give it to.

those look amazing. I would totally get one.

Thats pretty awesome,
One day I’ll definitely buy one, so I can customize my case a little more, other than the Air China sticker and the random graffiti I’ve made with my trusty Sharpie.

sweet, I’d love to have one of them. Gotta love CNC.

cool — i’ve been meaning to make a cnc mill, just haven’t had the time or money!

i’ll gladly take a badge :)

hack-a-day badges would be a good idea to raise money. i say go for it, more money means better things…

i bought one! these are teh awsum

man i can’t wait to buy one and maybe pimp it out even more, i’ll
probably try and put some LED’s in and maybe use my schools new
plasma cam to cut out “Hack A Day” hopefully i can.

Did you make this CNC machine in true HAD fashion, or is it stock? (Just curious. :P )

The machine is a Sieg X2 manual mill that I converted to CNC. You can read about it here: biobug.org/machine-shop/mill/

Makes me want to break out the plasma torch and cut some larger versions myself. Might I suggest getting a few anodized in some nice colors as well?

Those look nice, would look even better if they were on my server case.

ooooooooh, delicious.

They look pretty good, but 1 question – how thick are those badges?

It could just be zoomed in really close… but those look like some chunky badges.

One of these would be sweet to stick on my laptop and parade around highschool. I wonder if anyone would recognize it.

Dude one of those would be amazing!

They look pretty snazzy.

Its definitely on my Xmas list for this year.

Peace

Wow thats so cool. Ive always wanted to build my own CNC machine but never had the motivation. I am an engineering student and a programmer so it wouldnt be too hard for me lol.

oh nice!… now that would make a computer case pretty damn sexy

Very cool badges. I’d love to get one of those.

Sweet. I’ve been thinking about hacking myself up a CNC machine for a while, but mainly don’t have the time. Glad to see you’re having fun with yours. :)

Sounds like an interesting business venture and the price sounds very reasonable!

Very nice, I have an old Unimat mill that I very much want to turn into a cnc, and every time I see a project involving diy cnc, it just makes me more enthusiastic about the whole diy lifestyle!

-Naiden

I’ll find a box to put one on.

(It might not be mine.)

I think this is a great idea, there’s no such thing as too much Hach a Day schwag!

I’d like a badge, if only I weren’t such a tool :(

If you were hacking a case, you could just cnc the stuff right into the case. I am customizing a rackmount case right now, but I have no cnc equip. If I had one, I would have to take on a second job to feed it material for all my projects :)

I am the tool you’re looking for!! regardless that’s pretty neat

I love these, they would look great on my case.

That’s a really good idea. Actual metal instead of plastic.

Add me to the chance to win, cause it might end up on a thinclient I am modding for my site (Not up yet.)

And any chance you can try a cutout instead of an engraving? How does it look like on .092″ aluminum flashing? Can you pick up a small sheet (6″x10″ for .35 cents at home depot) and try it out with the hackaday logo outline? I use the flashing as prototyping for metal designs, but its all diagonal cutters, tin snips, and ball point hammer for what I do. I don’t have a fancy smancy cnc mill.

Kudos on the badge. If I don’t get a freebie I’ll have to order one.

Engraved bits would “pop-out” even more if some paint was wiped in to the grooves and then wiped away from the surface. That being said, you could offer a black, red, blue, green etc.. option.

Throw in some DIY anodizing and you’ll have tons of options. But a green anodized Hackaday badge with black accents would be just right. ;)

http://astro.neutral.org/anodise.shtml

Very cool idea. A few questions. Will you do different shapes and sizes? What kind of detail can you do? Hopw deep is the engraving and can you get them anodized in different colors?

Pretty cool, I thought it was done with a laser at first glance. Not to shabby for a cnc mill.

CNC milling looks like a good way to make some money. Those badges look awesome, love to get one!

Kickass idea, I’ve already got a laser engraved top to my case. Would be awesome to have my own custom fan grill. Maybe i’ll buy one for ya.