tomrulez Posted January 16, 2013 Share Posted January 16, 2013 Tone vol, 3 way. You might want to do the cavity for a kill switch on the upper horn. I'd miss out the FF cavity personally. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
musecasters Posted January 17, 2013 Share Posted January 17, 2013 Musecasters, I hit you up on Facebook and on your Musecasters at gmail account but I never heard back so I assumed you didn't want to get back to me. sorry. i don't know yer name and most of my friend requests on Facebook are mad stalker muse n00bs, but i'll add you once i've activated it again. i'll have a look for your email in the spam folder if you did send it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
musecasters Posted January 17, 2013 Share Posted January 17, 2013 So, the question now is, do I order some more acrylic mirror an continue the experiments? anyone know where to source it for less than £10 a go? ebay Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaicen Posted January 17, 2013 Author Share Posted January 17, 2013 Cracked it! So whilst I was whiling away the hours at work (13.5 of them to be exact), I was furiously working out how to make this damn plastic do what I wanted it to do. I figured out a technique to produce cracks in more or less the exact pattern I wanted and it works perfectly.What's more, it's repeatable! To prove the concept, I wanted to make a small cavity cover (6x4" or therabouts) featuring the two sets of cracks perpendicular to each other. You can see what I was looking for in this picture, (the area above the bridge pickup). http://www.musewiki.org/images/MansonLazer.jpg As you can see, it works very neatly: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phill Posted January 17, 2013 Share Posted January 17, 2013 snapping? looks like what i was getting through bending and snapping but my method was no way repeatable Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaicen Posted January 17, 2013 Author Share Posted January 17, 2013 It's not only repeatable, it's possible to make the mirror crack in more or less the pattern that you want, within reason. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tomrulez Posted January 17, 2013 Share Posted January 17, 2013 What's your exact method then? That is really impressive, well done! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaicen Posted January 17, 2013 Author Share Posted January 17, 2013 I'll post pictures tomorrow, much easier than tryin to explain. You have to make some tools to get it going. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
musecasters Posted January 18, 2013 Share Posted January 18, 2013 i remember that it broke more if you bent it away from you (mirror facing you) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaicen Posted January 18, 2013 Author Share Posted January 18, 2013 To be honest mate, with the material I have it doesn't seem to make a difference. These are the two that I did this morning as proof of concept. As you can see, the results are exactly the same, but are what I consider to be repeatable. I can basically make it crack in the pattern that I want. Following my experiments this morning, it's clear that the larger the work-piece is, the better the cracking is. Smaller pieces tend to snap quite cleanly without the random spiderweb effect that I like. As you can see, the two slightly larger pieces have a much nicer pattern of cracks. Below is the jig that I've been using for my experiments. As you can see, it's basically a length of MDF around 1"x5" with a sharpened corner at one end, and the other heavily rounded off. I secured the acrylic in the vice with the face against the acrylic. You have to apply steady, even pressure to the acrylic. If you just whack it, or bend it with more and more pressure, it will just snap like the top of the piece on the left of the three above. When you bend the acrylic against the jig, it applies uneven pressure along the length of the piece. When it cracks, it will crack somewhere along the rounded off portion and the cracks will fan outwards toward the sharp end.. This is actually the opposite of how I expected it to work! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
musecasters Posted January 18, 2013 Share Posted January 18, 2013 To be honest mate, with the material I have it doesn't seem to make a difference. These are the two that I did this morning as proof of concept. As you can see, the results are exactly the same, but are what I consider to be repeatable. I can basically make it crack in the pattern that I want. Following my experiments this morning, it's clear that the larger the work-piece is, the better the cracking is. Smaller pieces tend to snap quite cleanly without the random spiderweb effect that I like. lookin good! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaicen Posted January 18, 2013 Author Share Posted January 18, 2013 Thanks man, coming from someone with almost as many MOC's as Matt I appreciate that! I am now confident enough in my technique to order some more Mirror to make a Laser top at some point. Need to finish the Delorean first though Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phill Posted January 18, 2013 Share Posted January 18, 2013 Are they in fragments or still solid? Nice work! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Olly. Posted January 18, 2013 Share Posted January 18, 2013 oo they look good! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D3adstar Posted January 18, 2013 Share Posted January 18, 2013 Awesome Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaicen Posted January 18, 2013 Author Share Posted January 18, 2013 The two outer ones are in three pieces and still have the protective film cover. The middle one doesn't and is in several pieces, probably due to the uneven edges which increased the fracturing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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