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Bender:
if you can find just a plain 3" glass ball I might be able to etch some simple art onto it (like a globe for example)
Also this place seems to have a few different 3" balls like these that might be cool and there pretty cheap


man this place has some crazy stuff can't find the right size 76mm but man if you could way cool! (oh yeah you gotta disregard all the new-age mubo junmo!)


I'm now obsessed with this

here is someplace that may be able to make a crystal ball to your exact size
Pretty expensive stuff but man are they cool lookin'
there is a 3.4" that's only :o $70 bucks but you might be able to get them to make 3"

drventure:
Damn, Bender. You've turned up a pile of good sites!

Thanks!

I dunno about the calcite ball  :) Not exactly way up there on the Moh's scale  :(

But some of those stone spheres would be very nice looking.

I saw an opalescent ball that might look especially nice.

You say you can etch? That might be an option, too. I'm guessing if I tried that, i'd end up with a gooped up expensive piece of trash...

I'm still kinda stuck on the whole globe idea, just haven't had much luck yet.

Bender:
as far as etching goes, I have this stuff you just paint on glass leave it for a while and then wash it off and it makes that area of the glass matte

so it's just frosting the glass I guess
I made some cool stuff with it by masking some areas off. Looked kinda like that globe you got, that's what reminded me of the stuff in the first place

drventure:
Well, I gave up on the globe idea. Eventually, I might try again, but there just isn't anything out there that is truly spherical and is exactly the right size, AND would look appropriate/better than the blue acrylic balls that came with the happ trackballs.

So, there it is.

Now I'm on to the speaker assemblies. I wasn't able to find any good brass horns/cones, but, I did find some ribbed glass ceiling fan shades at Lowes for .25c on clearance.
Those combined with some gooseneck Office Depot desk lamps, gutted, should make for some mighty interesting looking speakers. Plus, they'll pivot around to face any direction I want.

Pic1 is the glass
pic2 shows the backside of the speakers (they'll be visible through the glass)
pic3 is the speaker grill

But one thing I can't seem to find... If anyone had any pointers, I'd really appreciate it.

I need a brass escutcheon for a 3/4 in pipe that looks.... well...victorian, or thereabouts.

The closest I've come so far is something like this



But it's not quite the size. I thought about drilling out a plate with a smaller hole, but I can't seem to set up a rig that'll hold the plate while I drill it

What would be perfect is something like this only in brass with maybe some etching/embossing (or just plain would work too).



Anybody know of anything offhand?

Benevolance:
You could always just spray the steel cover with a metallic spray paint. There are some very convincing and inexpensive spray paints on the market now.

Else if price is no object, reproduction doorknob covers would probably work well enough.

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