Can someone say what is going on with the enable kit? Still available?
Today I cruised what I thought was a consignment place for crafts looking for somebody that did rosemalling to do an enabl job.
I don't know if or how important a steady hand is in getting it right.
The place was a big one that sold craft material only, so no contacts for doing the paint job.
I have one 127e varnished (incorrectly as it turns out but sounds ok)
which will be the candidate for this.
The enabl thread is daunting. I'd sure like to hear a digest/summary version of how the spots got started and maybe even who all has them by now.
Today I cruised what I thought was a consignment place for crafts looking for somebody that did rosemalling to do an enabl job.
I don't know if or how important a steady hand is in getting it right.
The place was a big one that sold craft material only, so no contacts for doing the paint job.
I have one 127e varnished (incorrectly as it turns out but sounds ok)
which will be the candidate for this.
The enabl thread is daunting. I'd sure like to hear a digest/summary version of how the spots got started and maybe even who all has them by now.
Ed LaFontaine said:
The 3 post quick overview + pattern index starts here: http://www.diyaudio.com/forums/showthread.php?postid=1460270#post1460270
I also have a bunch of practical application tricks, techniques, and gotchas i really should get out of my head and down on "paper"
dave
loninappleton said:
Nib holder
Nibs (which ones depend on what size drivers you are doing... i heavily use A4, A5, 56 & 66, A3 for 8" units and A1 or A2 for 15" -- given they are under $2 each A1 thru A5, 56 & 66)
Polly Scale
Gloss
I add puzzlekoat/mod podge, and damar.
Brushes to apply puzzleloat & gloss,
Brushes to "sweep" cone before material application (use synthetic brushes that don't shed -- also watch out for the black glue/goop at the dustcap on Fostex, it seems to shed, the q-tips are useful for trying to pick up the worst, and a long centre to surround radial stroke sweeps many of them over the edge to the surround where they'll dry and fall off)
(i buy the $8 starter kits at Michaels, and use the blue handle ones for gloss, yellow for puzzlekoat, and the big yellow ones for sweepers -- also the wood handle ones for SR-500, the rest i donate to the strong start school program)
Also useful to have around:
cheap q-tips
(yogurt cup) of water
isopropanol (99%)
paper towel
I also store nibs in a sealed container of isopropanol for at least a bit after cleaning.
Long thumb nails (for cleaning the nibs)
I have a lazy susan for putting the driver on that REALLY helps.
A soft surface to put drivers on while drying.
dave
(PS i embedded a couple tips/gotchas in that post)
All good.
We have a Michaels here that I was just in for the first time
yesterday (looking for someone to do the paint but found that this Michaels isn't a consignment place.)
In any of this, I think I'm going to dodge the podge.
Pen and nibs would be for fe127e.
I looked up the linked pics of the completed 127e which appeared to be just on the surface of the paper-- no Varnish or puzzle coat. Also wondering about the
white ring that is showing on some of the completed pieces -- by BudP I think:
http://picasaweb.google.com/hpurvine/Fostex127ETreatment#
There is prob'ly a lot to be learned from someone who has a craft studio-- things like the lazy susan and so on. As with other areas of the hobby I'll have to cowboy up and do it myself.
We have a Michaels here that I was just in for the first time
yesterday (looking for someone to do the paint but found that this Michaels isn't a consignment place.)
In any of this, I think I'm going to dodge the podge.
Pen and nibs would be for fe127e.
I looked up the linked pics of the completed 127e which appeared to be just on the surface of the paper-- no Varnish or puzzle coat. Also wondering about the
white ring that is showing on some of the completed pieces -- by BudP I think:
http://picasaweb.google.com/hpurvine/Fostex127ETreatment#
There is prob'ly a lot to be learned from someone who has a craft studio-- things like the lazy susan and so on. As with other areas of the hobby I'll have to cowboy up and do it myself.