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Ozwepaie
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| DaveG wrote: | Oz,
sorry, i couldn't really see what you were talking about with the colors, I was too distracted by that display stand!
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Straight up Dude! That stand is the f**king tits!!
I tip my hat. Perfect! that's the only way to describe it.
..And, I'm going to need a few more. So, how goes the repairs?
Jo. I had compared the Kit on Pro color to an amber necklace my mother
has. It's the only access I have to "true" amber. & it's on the $.
I took a photo on my iPhone, but it came out useless. & I was rushed.
There is a mineral & stone place about an hr from me. I buy crystals
for my lightsabers there. next time I go I score some natural amber.
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DaveG
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[quote="Ozwepaie"] | DaveG wrote: |
..And, I'm going to need a few more. So, how goes the repairs? |
My CNC is up and operational again, but I've got to complete the barrels, and a few other projects, before I can get around to making more stands.
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andy
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| Posted: Mon Jun 17, 2013 12:37 am Post subject: |
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| Ozwepaie wrote: | Andy, I had intended to reply to your post. But it would seem a few
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All the posts that distracted from the thread were not permanently removed, but just moved to the pit. You can find them there.
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colinfair
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hi Dave / all
since you mentioned stands i came up with this for lighting them up watch lumen.
OK no batteries to light them so you cant really see it until it goes dark  but i think it looks OK.
oh also
Dave just a point to note if you check the writing on my stands you will notice that one has thicker font than the other this is not criticism just a heads up as i like both
what ya thinks
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cratercritter
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Blue & Green. Very cool.  |
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DaveG
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Colin,
Very Cool! The engraving lights up like neon.
Variations in the thickness of the plex can effect the depth of the engraving, and thus the width of the letters. I re-zero the cutter for each individual piece but even a few thousanths of an inch can make a visible difference with lettering so small. I'm glad you are happy with both.
cheers
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I'm going to need one of those display stands!
Is it possible to get it without the lettering?
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colinfair
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ah understood
thanks
thats with just one quick brush over they came out good me thinks, now if one had super luminova they would look the dogs.
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Ooohh Colin, good trick on those DaveG' stands  (sorry to go left; back on the thread of thse amber/transparent grips  |
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oops
sorry yes back to the grips |
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DaveG
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I have offered to cut some checkering for Karl to use on the his grips. After careful analysis of both the Tomenosuke grips and the photos of the hero grips I have come up with the following relevant dimensions, at least from the stand point of milling the checkering:
Parallel spacing, cut to cut = .064 inches
Angle of crossing vee cuts = 38 degrees
Angle of lengthwise cuts from butt plate = 87 degrees
The vees were cut with a 90 degree profile vee bit.
The actual point to point spacing of the diamonds, works out to 5 in just under an inch, .989 inches, to be exact.
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Skin-Job
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That's great, Dave!
I'm really excited to be working with Dave on this and very grateful for his assistance.
I was initially going to have the checker pattern laser cut, but Dave rightly pointed out that it would be more accurate if it were milled.
I agree.
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I believe there is a tool that gunsmiths use to do this on wood.
Would a hard wood work?
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Rich,
Dave and I have discussed this at length already.
A checkering tool is indeed used by gunsmiths to produce the checkering on wood. I doubt this type of tool was used on the original acrylic though.
Regardless, Dave is certain we'll get a cleaner, sharper and more accurate checker pattern if we use his mill. I agree.
So, that's the course of action we've decided upon.
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Good news!...and impatient to see the results of course  |
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The advantage of the gunsmith checkering tool is that it can be used on curved surfaces, which is a situation we don't have to deal with.
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Thankfully!
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| I'm getiing excited already! |
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Skin-Job
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Me too!
Bear with us.
Dave has an impressive workload already, as do I.
We'll get there, just hang in there.
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