Ok guys,
So my second child is 6 months old, and i'm getting some free time back. I want to start building again.
Problem is: i'm in a flat, my free time is scarce, i build when the kids sleep.
i can't drill, use loud machines, take hours to put a decal, then varnish (fumes -> no garden), ....
in order to continue building i would like to have my artwork printed/painted/etched/engraved/???? externally.
My ideal solution would be to buy some boxes predrilled with the artwork on.
I also want it to be reasonably priced (i know i'm going to pay for it, but double the price of the pedal is a bit too much ..), and if possible possible to make only one pedal of a kind or a few.
Also i'm in europe so preferably something custom friendly.
what are your suggestions?
i know
- pedalpartsplus : the best offer so far according to what i read, but their prices to send to europe are (very!) high and the customs hit after that. it will be around 40$ for one box... that's a bit high.
- mammoth i hear their powder coat and print are low quality. i don't know about what they charge to send to europe. and i don't know about the customs (but i guess that will be bad too).
Do you have any suggestion?
what kind of company should i look for locally (i asked some but the want 30euros to engrave one box ... )
thanks
Where abouts in Europe are you as I can help you out with both coated boxes and possibly the artwork.
Hi Stevie. I'm in Belgium
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You could get pre-drilled enclosures and do the rubber stamp labeling. There are some members here that have exelent results with rubber stamps and Stazon ink.
Cody
Nice suggestion Selfdestroyer.
i'm looking at the possibilities for custom stamp creation at the moment.. that's a promising idea. definitely meets some one my requirements.
Thanks
If someone else has a good opportunity, i'm still open to suggestions.
:)
Keeping with the stamp theme, metal stamps look great too. There's a guy on diysb who uses them.... Liquitone.....? Maybe....?
Oh... And trophy engraving shops can do metal plates which you could screw on your pedals.
I think someone here might have got some plates engraved off etsy recently....
Sorry for being off topic (although the subject does interest me a lot) but where about in Belgium are you? :-)
I'm in Wavre.
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Cool, we're almost neighbors then, give or take 50 km ;)
Yay, a fellow musician and DIYer close to me :)
We should definitely arrange a meeting to share about this hobby one day.
Unfortunately my life sounds like working-takingcareofchildren-sleep over and over lately, but it will change soon.
Quote from: add4 on October 14, 2014, 09:21:46 PM
Unfortunately my life sounds like working-takingcareofchildren-sleep over and over lately, but it will change soon.
Yep, that pretty much sums up my last couple of years ... :-)
Meeting to share some pedal nerdyness definitely sounds like a good plan, let's stay in touch :-)
Quote from: add4 on October 14, 2014, 04:43:43 PM
Hi Stevie. I'm in Belgium
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Ah not too far away then! If you're interested, I do powder coated boxes (got loads of different colours), and as soon as I iron out a couple of small bugs with my laser cutter, I can do laser etched labels on boxes. I only ever use the Eddystone boxes which are great quality.
Hey Stevie. I could be interested. Do you drill too ? Or can you powder coat predrilled boxes?
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Quote from: add4 on October 15, 2014, 04:41:12 AM
Hey Stevie. I could be interested. Do you drill too ? Or can you powder coat predrilled boxes?
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I can powder coat predrilled boxes, that's no problem. I've also just perfected a near genius way to drill boxes very near perfectly (on a test box, 2 holes were 0.5mm out which I needed calipers to check), so I can drill them as well for you if needed.
I have to say that it sounds very interesting. Do you already know how much you'd charge for that ?
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I've got set prices on a thread for powder coating in somewhere in the For Sale section. For laser etching labels, no prices yet, as I'm still trying to work out how long each one will take, but it will be cheap.
Don't hesitate to shout me warning when you are ready to do that :)