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ZTylerDurden717:
Excellent, thank you! Don't mind my second question--you were able to answer it with the graphic.
What's funny is that your past "conundrum" with the bezel leaning further back relative to the intended spec gave you the ability to do this cool little mod. I gotta figure out my own mod since I've got a different angle to work with.
vaderag:
--- Quote from: ZTylerDurden717 on February 01, 2019, 07:17:16 pm ---Excellent, thank you! Don't mind my second question--you were able to answer it with the graphic.
What's funny is that your past "conundrum" with the bezel leaning further back relative to the intended spec gave you the ability to do this cool little mod. I gotta figure out my own mod since I've got a different angle to work with.
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Yeah, one of the things I loved about this project was figuring out some of these things as I went along!
Makes it unique ;)
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Ond:
Great work Tyler! Your build is well on the way. Good to see you helping him out vaderag with the learnings from your own (very nice) build.
So, ZTylerDurden717, what are you thinking of doing for your artwork? Are you doing your own or getting someone to help you? There are some very skilled artists on the forum who may be willing to help out if you want to go in that direction.
ZTylerDurden717:
--- Quote from: Ond on February 03, 2019, 01:33:16 am ---Great work Tyler! Your build is well on the way. Good to see you helping him out vaderag with the learnings from your own (very nice) build.
So, ZTylerDurden717, what are you thinking of doing for your artwork? Are you doing your own or getting someone to help you? There are some very skilled artists on the forum who may be willing to help out if you want to go in that direction.
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Thank you!
Well I'm thinking since this is art deco style and I'm from Miami where that architecture is timeless, I want to continue with Miami themes. The Miami Heat have a popular "Vice" theme with black, sky blue and magenta. I'd like to use those colors and have something like stripe-arrows flowing on the sides and CP.
My best friend is a graphic designer but I first need to transfer the dimensions to photoshop which I need to research how to do. If I can't figure out how to do that I'll gladly connect with some of the talented folks here.
ZTylerDurden717:
Hi Ond!
Hope you're well.
I have a photo that shows what's going with my CP which isn't a big deal by any means but wanted your thoughts.
Basically, if the bracing timber is the same height as the CP Front and CP Back, this will happen:
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There's slight suspension caused by the bracing timber in the front. You mention in your notes to sand down the CP MDF AND bracing timber at a 5 degree tilt to sit flush but that would require sanding/rasping ALL of the CP Front/Back lining which you weren't expecting folks to do since you specified "edges" only. In other words, if I begin to go at the CP MDF edges I would have to sand down evenly across the width of the panels.
Anyway, the question is:
Should I just leave it like that or should I at least sand down the bracing timber on the CP Back so it sits flush from the back? It looks OK as is to be honest and seats itself fine on the cab.
Thanks!! Let me know if I don't make sense and I'll make it clearer.