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Step 7Handles
After I gave the paint a day to dry, I sprayed it with about 3 coats of clear coat. Once that was dry, I went back and mixed up some 6-minute epoxy. This was spread on the edges of the handles then set. One was placed in the middle of the shield to put your arm through, and the other was placed on the edge to grip.
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Dec 23, 2007. 5:06 AMMarinus84
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Maybe a nice idea to put the 'grip' bars on the shield before painting, so you can overpaint the screws, or other material that was used to attach the handles.
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Dec 23, 2007. 7:42 AMAdrenalineSpeed (author)
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ah, 6 minute epoxy was used, so there is no sign of attachment on the front. If you did want to bolt it on, I would attach the handles before paint.
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Dec 23, 2007. 4:04 PMMarinus84
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Hehe, excuse me, i was thinking in my own box :-) You're right, Epoxy would do it also. I was thinking about using a pin that is pushed through another pin that extrudes to make is lock tight. (Push pin? I don't know since i'm Dutch, it's called 'popnagel' literraly translated to 'popnail')
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Dec 23, 2007. 4:25 PMAdrenalineSpeed (author)
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Ah I believe you're talking about a rivet. A rivet would do nicely, and would be barely noticeable too.
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Dec 24, 2007. 2:45 AMMarinus84
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You're right, i mean this type:<br/><a rel="nofollow" href="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/6d/Blindnieten.JPG">http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/6d/Blindnieten.JPG</a><br/><br/>It would maybe give it a more 'mechanical' look (if not painted)<br/>
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Dec 24, 2007. 8:18 AMAdrenalineSpeed (author)
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Good call. I'm eager to see how your shield turns out with the rivets, keep me posted.
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