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By dcook79 Mon Feb 13, 2012 5:57 pm
sciguy wrote:Eh, you spoke too soon. Apparently my skillz are intermittent.

The second cap was 1/8" too short. Apparently I don't have measuring skillz.
Then the third one I accidentally made a big chip in while using my file skillz.
And the glue skillz I mentioned, I positioned the tabs I glued on wrong and it didn't fit into the side of the mpc. So scrap those tabs.

Fail skillz.

Ah well, I guess I'll just try again tomorrow.



cut it twice and it was still short huh...?
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By sciguy Mon Feb 13, 2012 7:30 pm
Yeah, I dunno how I was able to get it so wrong.


So the panels are almost done, building-wise, I still have to stain and finish them.

I just have to wait for some more glue to dry, then put on the 3 final hook tab things, then wait for that glue to dry.
I'll post more pics of my skillz when I do those steps.
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By sciguy Mon Feb 13, 2012 9:41 pm
MOAR PICS.

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Marking skillz

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Drilling skillz

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Moar glueing skillz

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Moar waiting skillz

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Even moar glueing skillz

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Little hook tab thingy skillz

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Even moar Waiting skillz


After the waiting skillz, I just need to do some more sanding/filing skillz, then some staining skillz, then some varnishing skillz, then I'm done skillz!
:mrgreen:
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By b.read Mon Feb 13, 2012 10:13 pm
Nope...then some muzak skillz. 8)
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By sciguy Mon Feb 13, 2012 10:22 pm
b.read wrote:Nope...then some muzak skillz. 8)


Muzak? Like elevator music? :?

I think I'll stick to more like the kind of stuff I make now. :)

But yeah, once I'm done, I might try and so something for the beat battle, just to try something new.
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By b.read Mon Feb 13, 2012 10:26 pm
Not necessarily... :lol:

Just figured since we were throwin' "z's" out all willy nilly and all....
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By sciguy Mon Feb 13, 2012 10:56 pm
Glue's dry, both sides fit perfectly!

They're both a bit big, obviously better to have excess that can be sanded off.
So I just have to do that, then sand it smooth, then stain and varnish.

I'm really satisfied. Now I can really call my mpc my own!
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By sciguy Tue Feb 14, 2012 2:48 am
Alright, I'm not gonna get around to staining and varnishing skillz tonight, so here's some pics of the panels completely done except for those two skillz.
The mpc looks so much more awesome with these.

EVEN MOAR PICS

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Insides skillz

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Outer faces skillz
chipped that corner ^^^ :cry: (at least it's a bottom back corner)

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Corner skillz

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Front view skillz

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Side view skillz



What color do you guys think I should stain these before varnish?
Natural (no stain), a slightly darker mahogany color, or a dark brown stain?
It might also end up just being whatever stain there is in my house.
ByTagOne Tue Feb 14, 2012 9:26 pm
Just for one minute, I thought i was on the carpenterz with skillz forum :lol:. Personally I would varnish them a slightly darker mahogany colour, think it would go nicer with the black 1000, then a lighter colour.
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By sciguy Tue Feb 14, 2012 11:04 pm
Yeah, I was thinking also that I wanted something darker than the natural pine color. I'll probably go with like I said, just whatever stain there happens to be lying around the house.


EDIT:

I went with a dark-ish mahogany color, it looks great. It makes all my imperfect sanding scratches and chips more visible, but I like the way it looks, it really gives off the DIY handmade look.
I'll varnish it tomorrow probably, get ready for pics of general skillzing skillz!
ByTagOne Wed Feb 15, 2012 5:51 pm
sciguy wrote:I went with a dark-ish mahogany color, it looks great. It makes all my imperfect sanding scratches and chips more visible, but I like the way it looks, it really gives off the DIY handmade look


Cool, glad you like them, can't wait for the final photos of them. :)
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By sciguy Thu Feb 16, 2012 12:15 am
DONE SKILLZ!!!!!1111!!!1!ONE!!1!ELEVEN!!

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Side view skillz
wups just realized I left the lenscap in the frame...

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Close-up skillz
You can see the scratched-up look, I like it, so I'm keeping it that way.

and finally...
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beefinator skillz
(my music making pseudonym is "beefinator"; "sciguy" is just a username I sometimes use online.)