Project: Fender Strat

[Digital_Remix]

this is my first ever worklog. hooray. i formulated this idea that i wanted to make a case inspired by the beautiful Fender Stratocastor. i'm not going to go too into detail because i don't like typing a lot. soo... this is my rough design.

http://i16.tinypic.com/2d1k77n.jpg

lovely, huh? except now instead of the big circle window with the fender F in there it's going to be a guitar pick shaped window. i still don't know about the bottom rectangle window either. eheh.

i got started cutting my first blowhole last night in the bezel. (this case was found on the street btw, someone tried to paint it and i guess gave up, lol) and i began filing and sanding the rough edges out. i then gave up and decided it'd be faster to sand with a dremel, which i will be getting in a few hours.

http://i12.tinypic.com/2w24hva.jpg

http://i17.tinypic.com/30c9fzp.jpg

sorry about the flash. :(

now i await the dremel. :D

[b4i7]

welcome to the forums...looks like you have an intersting idea

suggestion for getting your vision across
http://sketchup.google.com/
google sketchup....its a 3d modeling program that has a very fast learning curve

[Digital_Remix]

thanks for the link, that'll look a lot nice than paint once i can figure it out.

[Aero]

google sketchup....its a 3d modeling program that has a very fast learning curve


unless your retarded like me and still can't figure the damn thing out after hours of playing with it <_<

But Google Sketchup has quickly become the standard for case mooders to do 3d designs, if you can figure it out, its cool, but not everyone is good at drawing on the PC. Photoshop is still my best friend.

Anywho looks like a cool idea. Is that case plastic or is that the paint you were talking about? Also a helpful tip is to make our hole small and sand it out to the right size, I nearly ruined my first case by trying to cut it exactly the size of the fan. It may take longer but the final product will be much cleaner than if you mess up.

[AKA_RA]

you know...

nothing conveys the vision quite like a quality mod. so skip the sktech-up and work on the mod, thats what i do ;)

btw, black and white > all!!!

[AJ@PR]

now i await the dremel. :D
Use eye, face and hand protection, please. :)

[Aero]

Use eye, face and hand protection, please. :)

and a cheap dust mask, unless you want to be sneezeing gray for the next 2 days.

[AKA_RA]

yes, if your gonna mod, use protection. ;)

shards of metal in the eye are not fun. in fact theyre the opposite of fun. which would be...um....not fun.

[Omega]

You know what else isn't fun? Hot sparks... In the eye.

Hell, I wouldn't worry so much about the dust mask if you don't want to. Just pick your nose afterwords =D

[SgtM]

Sketchup tuts: http://download.sketchup.com/downloads/training/tutorials50/Sketchup%20Video%20Tutorials.html

That's how I learned it.