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#46661 - 23/11/2001 16:39 Re: Getting Wood [Re: Derek]
hybrid8
carpal tunnel

Registered: 12/11/2001
Posts: 7738
Loc: Toronto, CANADA
You should be able to practise on any number of scrap plastic pieces that may be lying around. I already have some ideas for tools to use for making the cuts. When I have the chance I'll go out and get one of them to test. So far all my best ideas involve melting plastic unfortunately - something I hate doing because it's tricky to get just right. Then there's the route with a rotary tool and a fine bit. Obviously the most repeatable/easiest thing to do is to have a mold with the proper design already.

Bruno
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#46662 - 23/11/2001 20:28 Re: And then I saw her "Facia" [Re: schofiel]
rockstar
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Registered: 24/11/2000
Posts: 316
i think i am a little lost.. this looks like a plastic mold of the empeg face.. are you just going to color it differently??

i think i missed the beginning of this :(

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#46663 - 23/11/2001 21:00 Re: And then I saw her "Facia" [Re: rockstar]
msaeger
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Registered: 23/09/2000
Posts: 3608
Loc: Minnetonka, MN
I believe the idea is to make an aluminum version of the plastic face. the attached pictures are of a wooden test piece.
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#46664 - 23/11/2001 21:02 Re: And then I saw her "Facia" [Re: rockstar]
hybrid8
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That was a test milling with the 3D artwork for the stock fascia, its adjustments and the setup of the machinery. The final milling will be done with solid pieces of aliminum. And if I'm not mistaken, we should have news about this weekend.

Bruno
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#46665 - 24/11/2001 02:27 Re: Getting Wood [Re: hybrid8]
bonzi
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Registered: 13/09/1999
Posts: 2401
Loc: Croatia
Incidentally, I took a couple of seconds to clean a bit on the stock MK2 fascia. See what you think of such a small and hopefully subtle change.

I think that once you depart from the original airfoil theme you don't have to be subtle. Actually, perhaps a more radical change would be better; this one kind of stops halfway (I don't know halfway to what, though ).
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#46666 - 24/11/2001 08:37 Re: And then I saw her [Re: CruzThs]
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Registered: 13/04/2001
Posts: 481
Loc: Pompano Beach, Florida
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