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Step 12Finishing touches
Adding feet
Quite simple,
1) cut a wine bottle cork in to 1/4" sections
2) Glue to your box
What more is there to say other than... why didnt I think of this before?
Labeling the buttons
Another simple step. Once your box is complete, put it face down on a scanner. Pull the scanned image in to an image editing app like photoshop (I recommend the free alternative GIMP) Although you could do this in Microsoft Word.
Once you've finished placing the labels as I've done in the video you print on to a Transparency suitable for your printer. Cut it out and stick it on.
Using a steam iron to bend veneer
In the end I decided to go to the effort to veneer the front of the box as opposed to paint it. Bending veneer around such tight corners requires the use of water & heat - best applied in the form of steam
Once bent the veneer is first cut at 45 degrees and then clued.
Quite simple,
1) cut a wine bottle cork in to 1/4" sections
2) Glue to your box
What more is there to say other than... why didnt I think of this before?
Labeling the buttons
Another simple step. Once your box is complete, put it face down on a scanner. Pull the scanned image in to an image editing app like photoshop (I recommend the free alternative GIMP) Although you could do this in Microsoft Word.
Once you've finished placing the labels as I've done in the video you print on to a Transparency suitable for your printer. Cut it out and stick it on.
Using a steam iron to bend veneer
In the end I decided to go to the effort to veneer the front of the box as opposed to paint it. Bending veneer around such tight corners requires the use of water & heat - best applied in the form of steam
Once bent the veneer is first cut at 45 degrees and then clued.
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Jan 8, 2009. 3:38 PMguymark
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Excellent instructions - and what a superb finished product. I just wish there were things like this in the shop for folks who are not quite so good with their hands as you are. Electrical I can do but if I am in the same room as a bit of wood it splits if I even think of using a tool near it. Really impressed, fab effect with the bottle / end caps too. Mark
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Jan 8, 2009. 4:42 PMradiorental (author)
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You know, thats not necessarily a bad idea. I wonder what I could fetch for one-off design like this (obviously finished a little better) I wonder if its worth my time.. which is super scarce these days. I'll look in to that - thanks!
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