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First 2 RAT SALAD pedals printed. The one on the left i smudged by mistake and is crooked ill keep that one for me. The one on the right is not perfect either but it came out better I ll probably use that one for the build report! :ROFLMAO:

I now know what i need to do to get good prints. I will be adjusting technique next time i print!

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steviejr92 said:
First 2 RAT SALAD pedals printed. The one on the left i smudged by mistake and is crooked ill keep that one for me. The one on the right is not perfect either but it came out better I ll probably use that one for the build report! :ROFLMAO:

I now know what i need to do to get good prints. I will be adjusting technique next time i print!

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Love it! So glad to see such an awesome first print 😍
 
I had to take a couple days off from wet-sanding Sunday before last and this past Friday to go watch a friend-of-a-friend race his car in the Miles of Mayhem (similar to HotRod Mag’s Drag Week). Competitors race, then drive cross-country to a different track and race etc, winding up back at the first track again.

Out of 168 racers, 30 dropped out before the finals, and a few were dropped during the final day of racing.

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“Black Death” has 900hp, which wasn’t enough to secure race wins in its category, but it survived the gauntlet and won Best Looking Street Racer.


Meanwhile, 3/4 of my car is done, top and driver’s side.
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Now to do the passenger side:

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Just did the first grit yesterday, many grits to go…

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… then a buff and polish will bring it up to the rest of the shiny level.

Been out to a friend’s country BBQ already, where it got its first rock-chip on the gravel-road there; been in a couple cruises between sanding/polishing sections…

It’s not a show-car, it’s a driver that will show well. So the wet-sanding continues…
 
Got side-tracked by a friend who needed help moving cement patio-tiles; loaded his trailer up with about 9,600 lbs of the f***ers then unloaded them out at his acreage — the trailer was only rated for about 6,000 lbs, it looked like one of the trailer's 4-tires was ready to burst! 🤪

Had hoped to finish wet-sanding by tonight, but only got back from Tile-manoeuvres about 2 or 3, then sanded 'til 10pm.
Got done up to 1500 grit.



Need to do 2000, then I might try 2500 before the final 3000, if I don't have any more interuptions in the morning...
@mkstewartesq — I can relate to dust-nibs from an improvised spray-booth !


No pics tonight, but if any of you are a glutton-for-punishment here's something to read:

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Foundation Primer Paint - 125 Steps To Perfect Paint - Paint & Body - Hot Rod Magazine

Do Primer for your Hot Rod the right way, with these tips on Foundation Primer Paint, Check it out in the May 2008 issue of Hot Rod Magazine or at hotrod.com.
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Bricksnbeatles said:
2 things:
  1. this was supposed to be white, so clearly the resin imparts a lot more of its own tint than I thought. Guess I’ll stick to dark colors with the rest of this batch.
  2. I clearly need to invest in a pressure pot if I’m going to do many more of these
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Those look really good for not using a pressure pot! Did you do a 2 part mold?

I love having the ability to make some crazy lookin knobs! 89F3F175-00E2-4EEB-B165-A39A99FF652D.jpeg 4615E7CF-0D32-4D59-80BE-C7462E4B777A.jpeg B0B47BCD-B320-4434-894C-C7513D84C5ED.jpeg
 
steviejr92 said:
Love the way those came out! Id say they're still usable!
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Thanks! Definitely gonna put them to use in one way or another
benny_profane said:
Now you’ve gotta make a Cronenberg pedal.
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Funny you mention that— once I saw them, my first thought was leprosy, and I figured I’d probably do some sort of body horror-lite pedal with them
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Those look really good for not using a pressure pot! Did you do a 2 part mold?

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Those look rad! Just a 1 part mold for these— the plan is to just grind the bottoms flat and drill them for inserts (except the mini chickenheads, which I guess I’ll try doing a slightly undersized hole and then just using a heated and sharpened pot shaft to cut tight fitting splines)
 
Did some screen printing yesterday. Got the solder mask and labels printed for a 5150 emulator circuit I found on pcbway. The letters were really small and didn’t come out the best but some are legible!
I’m doing a 2 part print on the enclosure. I printed white first then decided to try something different, so I took some mica powder and sprayed it over the wet paint. Hopefully I’ll get around to printing the labels on it today. It’ll house a War Sythe board when all finished up!
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cliffs_trip said:
Did some screen printing yesterday. Got the solder mask and labels printed for a 5150 emulator circuit I found on pcbway. The letters were really small and didn’t come out the best but some are legible!
I’m doing a 2 part print on the enclosure. I printed white first then decided to try something different, so I took some mica powder and sprayed it over the wet paint. Hopefully I’ll get around to printing the labels on it today. It’ll house a War Sythe board when all finished up!
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That graphic is already cool as heck!
 
cliffs_trip said:
Did some screen printing yesterday. Got the solder mask and labels printed for a 5150 emulator circuit I found on pcbway. The letters were really small and didn’t come out the best but some are legible!
I’m doing a 2 part print on the enclosure. I printed white first then decided to try something different, so I took some mica powder and sprayed it over the wet paint. Hopefully I’ll get around to printing the labels on it today. It’ll house a War Sythe board when all finished up!
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May I ask how fast do you run the squeegee? And at what angle? Yesterday I redid my enclosures to get them as perfect as a I can and I have to say it’s not as easy as just running the squeegee across the screen 🤣
 
steviejr92 said:
May I ask how fast do you run the squeegee? And at what angle? Yesterday I redid my enclosures to get them as perfect as a I can and I have to say it’s not as easy as just running the squeegee across the screen 🤣
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Screening onto non porous surfaces is much trickier. Think how easy T shirts will be!

Go to an art store and get some 5mil acetate sheets, and practice in those. (That’s typically the least expensive non porous surface I can think of…) You really need to develop a feel for it, in terms of ink viscosity, squeegee firmness, and screen mesh—so there are a lot of variables. (Not to mention room temperature, and possibly enen humidity.) So repetition, and noting what works best, is going to be the way to get a feel for it.

(it might even work to just wrap enclosures with tight pulled Saran Wrap as test material.)
 
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