Nice Nuts

For all of those of you out there with a stainless steel fetish here is what the empeg looks like with stainless allen keys instead of the black japaned ones that it comes with.

M3 thread for those intrested

That's how our hex bolts start life, before we send them off to be blackened

Rob

Someone should CNC an aluminium face plate to go with those bolts... would match all those dash kits available for cars....... yum.

32GB (JUST UPGRADED!) Mk. II BLUE
Detroit, MI USA
www.PfeifferBeer.com

IIRC, darkstar has one available (or at least brushed aluminium looking plastic)


/Michael

I was going to do one as a Christmas special last year - identical to the Mk.2 faceplate but in alumium. It would have cost a fortune but I was fairly sure we could have sold fifty of them. In practice we got acquired and the idea didn't come to anything.

I'd still like one

Rob

Sign me up for one !

Does it come with custom buttons as well ? The grey ones would look a little off I imagine ...

Off course the easy way around would be taking a stock black one and spray painting it. Wouldn't be alumium but it would be a good start for say a woodlook. Special kits for such a thing exist allowing you to take a standard plastic component and finishing it in different wood looks.

Brings me to a point, would be nice if you could purchase frontpanels seperatly. Any chance of that?

cheers,
Hans

Mk2 - Blue & Red - 080000431

Greetings!

You might want to check with DarkStorm about that. He is developing custom fascia. He also has some great clear and smoke faceplates as well.

Paul G.
SN# 090000587 (40GB Smoke)

Yes I know, but I am talking about actual Mk2 facia (i mean the black plastic bit if I confused you before) and processing them into different styles. It would be more limited then what DarkStorm has done with his custom Mk1 fascia but I like the Mk2 design because it looks even more futuristic. Like I said, making a woodlook for it would be relativly simple. Maybe there are also other possebilities. Say something like a carbon look, spraypainting it in silver or gold might look neat, maybe other colors would look good also. There is not that much plastic to work with but it is more then enough to achieve some cool effects. The grey buttos are also something I would like to see in different versions. How about a gold fascia smoked faceplate instead of the standard blue, red or what have you, and silver buttons ? Sounds like a cool combo to me, but then I am severely fashion challenged so .

Cheers,
Hans


Mk2 - Blue & Red - 080000431

Greetings!

I know which part you were referring to. I think Steve was also looking to do those as well. I do not know if he has made any, or if it will even work yet, but I know the thought was there.

I would be interested in some of those combinations as well. Probably the basic aluminum would work for me. Rob, I would be in that fifty, should you decide to go forward with it for this year!

Paul G.
SN# 090000587 (40GB Smoke)

Nice Nuts? Uhm, kinda falls into the same category as "Rob's slipping knob."

As a matter of fact I also have silverish hex bolts installed. You can easily get them. I have searched for silverish replacement buttons for months, but still haven't found what I'm looking for. I'm looking into making the rotary button out of aluminum with the help of a lathe. The buttons on the left (mk2) are difficult to redo. I don't have any idea how to make these out of aluminum. The buttons of the mk1 can also easily be done with the help of a lathe. If someone (Rob V.) can send me a set of those, I can try to make these as well. I guess the width of the shafts are the same on the mk1 and mk2.

Edwin de Vaan
mk2 rev.7 Trillian # 080000263 6Gb blue/red