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| Ryglore:
--- Quote from: Epyx on October 07, 2009, 06:55:42 pm ---Ya just responded to that hehe. As it stands now this is my wishlist to date: - J-Sticks with red balltop x 2 from Ultimarc (Purchased today) - Modded via Luigi's hollow shaft, green led and my neon green balltops (When in stock) - RGB Trackball lighting upgrade (green) for my BE Clone trackball (later purchase) - Novagems x 12 (later purchase) --- End quote --- Nice, I can't wait to see those balltops lit up. It's going to totally set off the whole "sci-fi" theme I think. I'm totally excited to see this CP completed... It's going to be ridiculous. :cheers: |
| Epyx:
Ya, can't wait to see it either. Lot's done this past weekend but no pictures taken until this upcoming weekend. I will try my best to document what I have done. I had to redo the arches for the curved top in pine as opposed to MDF. It was difficult to set the glue without screws (which kept splitting the MDF, I should have foreseen this). So I switched over the weekend to pine so I can screw through into the pine plus set with glue which worked much, much better. The top is all done and laminated and the goal on Saturday is to join the sides to base and top, which is exciting. |
| Pixelhugger:
I'm interested to see detailing on the lamination. My cab has a curved top as well and I'm trying to decide between laminating bendable poplar with cherry veneer or using thin cherry plywood. Was the laminating a pain? Did you have to use a vacuum? |
| Epyx:
--- Quote ---I'm interested to see detailing on the lamination. My cab has a curved top as well and I'm trying to decide between laminating bendable poplar with cherry veneer or using thin cherry plywood. Was the laminating a pain? Did you have to use a vacuum? --- End quote --- I will have this posted asap with pictures. I detailed it fairly well and took lots of pics. I used 1/4" plywood (birch) as mentioned which kept a very smooth surface on the outside, which I think was key. There were a few minor indentations along the grain which I just filled and sanded smooth. The laminate then applied pretty as long as you wait until both sides have dried fairly well before pressing them together. Then just trimmed with router trim bit running along the 1/4" border with bottom bearing bit as the ribs prevented routing from the underside with top bearing bit. An no, no vacuum. |
| Pixelhugger:
PICTURES! :) |
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