Wow... love the sanded finish! Way to go, DD...
short boring update!!!
First off, said i would try a few matte finishes on some spare boxes for Brutus to think about doin' to his to hide fingerprints.
only two things seemed likely to be successful to try and that was scotchbrite or sandpaper (steel wool would work too, but its would be no better than scotchbrite and would be much messier)
first off the scotchbrite
now some 320 aluminum oxide sandpaper
k, well both don't look too bad imho,,, they were both sanded in straight lines to kinda emulate a brushed finish instead of swirly and erratic. The scratche pattern in the sandpapered one are much much deeper, and would be harder to get back to a mirror finish if desired, but the real test here is fingerprint resistance, so lets try that.....
k, no fingerprints, sandpaper on the left, scotchbrite on the right.
cue fingerprint
anyway you look at it, sandpaper wins...... by alot..
ok, on to shop updates, hired two shiny new worker monsters, one I call "night shift" and the other i haven't got a good name for yet.... (because "day shift" just doesn't sound that cool)... bout 4 weeks left till the new cnc machine shows up, that's going to be a huge help. The new machine will move around 12.5 times faster than Dev and spin bits about 4,000 rpms faster, uhh i feel bad stating how much better she will be than Dev (really, i just turned my laptop screen away from her in case shes looking and decides to break just to teach me a lesson) Sanding and polishing monkey found his BB this week too, turns out he dropped it in the car of some guy who gave him a ride home, then they happened to meet again in the bar over a week (or 2) later and the guy gave it back... (and was bought many drinks in gratitude) so that was kinda magic...
k, i'm back at it. sorry so short.. will spend much more time in here when these are all shipped.
~DD
I've been desperately trying to get my hands on one for the past few days... if anyone has one for sale, let me know
Get in line, friend! It's got to be #1 on the most wanted list. I would trade a kidney for a chance to grab one of these!
Dats my plan zactly....havn't tried an eraser,yet.Could always chuck a pencil eraser in a drill and give it a jeweled finish.
Me likes.Soo will we be able when things die down be able to send ours in to have them sanded?And how much.
Just got my tracking number! Woohoo!
I didn't receive a tracking number in my inbox, however my paypal account says it was shipped today under the transaction, check it out if you can. I hope this helps.