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Step 11Decorative plates
As I say in the previous step, this is a dangerous manipulation. Not harmful for the maker, but for the color.
If you have a thin plate, just glue it on the leather, using just some drip of glue. If it exits from a side, clean it as soon as possible.
If you, like me, have a thick plate, force it into the hole you have prepared before, paying lot of attention. Don't slip! The hole must be of the right size. Once the piece is in place, hold it firmly to avoid escapes and use a lot of glue in the internal part. Wait in this position until the glue is completly dry. It may take a long time so watch a movie, read a book, do something that you can do with only one hand while waiting.
Often the plates are straight, but the bottle is round, so how can we reconcile those two facts? Easy (to say): we can push in the structure until we have a perfect match all around the plate edges, glue in this position and wait. Heating the plastic with an hot air gun may be useful, but before check if the glue can work at high temperature or, even worse, if it's flammable.
However, if you need to sink the plate, you may also need to change the shape of the lens and the mechanism's cardboard. This can happen because the structure has been deformed by pushing it.
If you have a thin plate, just glue it on the leather, using just some drip of glue. If it exits from a side, clean it as soon as possible.
If you, like me, have a thick plate, force it into the hole you have prepared before, paying lot of attention. Don't slip! The hole must be of the right size. Once the piece is in place, hold it firmly to avoid escapes and use a lot of glue in the internal part. Wait in this position until the glue is completly dry. It may take a long time so watch a movie, read a book, do something that you can do with only one hand while waiting.
Often the plates are straight, but the bottle is round, so how can we reconcile those two facts? Easy (to say): we can push in the structure until we have a perfect match all around the plate edges, glue in this position and wait. Heating the plastic with an hot air gun may be useful, but before check if the glue can work at high temperature or, even worse, if it's flammable.
However, if you need to sink the plate, you may also need to change the shape of the lens and the mechanism's cardboard. This can happen because the structure has been deformed by pushing it.
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Jul 16, 2010. 12:36 PMsonofstone
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nice monocle, je moet alleen wel een beetje aan je engels sleutelen:) nice job
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