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fixinman [2013-04-29 02:04:31 +0000 UTC]
This is a great piece, but wouldn't plastic have been easier to use?
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Laitz In reply to fixinman [2013-04-29 06:51:34 +0000 UTC]
I'm not sure what you mean. Plastic to build the master copy?
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Laitz In reply to fixinman [2013-04-29 14:59:28 +0000 UTC]
Ah, I see. Yes, I do have some plans on casting the handle separately and doing the blade in acrylic. I already have one of the blades cut out.
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fixinman In reply to Laitz [2013-04-29 16:51:48 +0000 UTC]
The real trick is the polishing. Do you know how to do it?
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Laitz In reply to fixinman [2013-04-29 21:03:30 +0000 UTC]
So far, the things I've been doing are progressing through the sandpaper grits, and finishing it up with some car wax. It does regain transparency to a certain extent, but not as flawless as the original unsanded portions. I suppose that taking a step further and doing some buffing would improve it.
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fixinman In reply to Laitz [2013-04-30 14:11:35 +0000 UTC]
Sand it with wet 600 paper and polish it with a buffing wheel and it will be as clear as the rest.
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Minkymy [2013-03-27 02:37:45 +0000 UTC]
How wonderful~
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Minkymy In reply to Laitz [2013-04-03 00:49:21 +0000 UTC]
You're most certainly welcome~
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Laitz In reply to kokost [2013-02-10 05:51:42 +0000 UTC]
The blade was cast with clear resin in a mold, as you can see here: [link] . The resin I used here was polyester resin, so unfortunately it will break on hard impacts. Urethane resin however can stand up to impacts. It should be pretty possible to cast the blade around EL wire and have it light up. The only drawback is that EL wire itself is opaque, so you would have to sacrifice transparency for lighting.
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Tiburonsama [2013-02-09 13:59:43 +0000 UTC]
here here here!
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