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ok, and update of what I've done over the last day or two
Once I got the rods figured out for lighting I bent one end and drilled a hole in the "pickup plate." The plan here is to use 4 RGB piranha LEDs on the bottom of this to light the 4 strings. I used my current RGB setup to test it and I think it will work out nicely, especially when each one will have another LED at the other end.
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Then I did something with this boring old silver antec PSU.
cover off
green acrylic cut to roughly the size of the top
ready for bending
now I just heated it slowly with a small butane torch until it was soft, then bent it and clamped it until it cooled
and set on the PSU to check sizing, etc. fits pretty good :up:
and with the backing paper removed
now I wasn't just content with a plain green cover, so I printed out this music note and cut it out, then set it onto the cover for sizing
then I traced into the rex plexi
and after a LOT of cutting, filing, sanding, polishing, etc here it is
and glued
and the finished result. now I just need to do some trimming on the green and drill the mounting holes. I plan on putting 4 UV LEDs inside the PSU to light up the green.
now I couldn't leave the PSU silver, so I started by desoldering the switch and removing the components from the shell
and one empty shell, ready for paint
I drilled 4 mounting holes in the base here. I will put 4 screws and attatch them to short standoffs to mount to the base
first coat
I ended up putting 3 coats on it last night. I should get to reassembling it tonight. Stay tuned :D
one thing I noticed a while back but can't change now is the fact that I screwed up and ordered transparent red plexi instead of translucent. grrrrr. ah well, I'll make do with it, I'll find some ultra-bright white LEDs to light it up or somethin :think:
ok so I went down yesterday and sprayed some clearcoat on the PSU case and it reacted witht he paint and it all started wrinkling up. So at some point this weekend I need to strip it all back down and repaint it, no clearcoat this time
That sucks, it was looking good too. I really like the look of the plexi cover with the notes. :up:
ok major update time!
so I sanded the sides of the neck at an angle similar to what her guitar currently has.
Next (last night) I cut two rectangles of red plexi and glued them together.
here is the design I drew out that will end up being the head. I used the rim of a baseball hat oddly enough, it seemed to fit the curve I was looking for perfectly :up:
and after a rough cut out with the band saw
I noticed on her guitar the head angles downward, so I ground an angle on the base of the head with the belt sander
Heres the head after I sanded and polished the sides
they fit and look pretty good
I then glued them together, they're currently setting.
now I put the PSU back together (mostly). I think it turned out pretty nice
I drilled holes in the plexi to mount it to the PSU frame
then I proceeded to do something I've never done before. and never plan on dong again lol. I sleeved the PSU. I also cut off the wires that I wont be using (SATA, floppy, etc). Some I could just pop the pins out of the connector, others I had to cut the wires and resolder and heatshrink then sleeve.
now with the small cables done all that was left was the 20-pin one. WHAT A PITA!
I think it turned out nice.
now all thats left to do is wait for my UV LEDs to arrive and put them into the PSU and it'll be done :up:
that psu looks really really good! gonna be sweet once its all wired up with the LEDs! :up: good work.
thanks! I've got a little triming still to do on the green plexi, and I've got to put it back over the form and re-heat and bend it, some of the corners arent tight