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Comment by Jon Pruett on April 20, 2012 at 9:43am

Love the box - that looks great!  And I've done the exact same thing with a coat hanger on the garage door track. Changed my whole headstock design to deal with the damage.  After that episode, I used a pop-rivit to attach a drawer handle on the outside of the track and put my coat hangers through the handle now - the door goes up and down and the hanging piece is safely out of the way.

Comment by Bad Finger (Eric) on April 20, 2012 at 2:48am

wes, I'm glad that was good for a laugh.  I got a real good legit ding in the headstock on this one.  I had it hanging from the garage door opener track by a metal coat hanger so I could spray it with clear varnish.  It was drying and I foolishly closed the door after forgetting it was hanging there.  It fell on the floor from 3' up.  Damn.

Robert, thanks for the comment.  I think I'm just going to go old school low tech and glue a paper pic onto the metal tail piece.

I used modge podge to glue a design on the back side of the box.  It was the first time I've done this and I had a couple wrinkles in the paper.  I guess I'll call it vintage appeal.  It's not a flaw.  It's a feature.

Comment by robert jones on April 20, 2012 at 2:06am

As far as creating your own custom metal plates you can print your design onto acetate film to create a heat transfer if you have access to a laser printer.

Place the printed design toner side down on a clean flat metal plate then run a warm iron over the acetate film to evenly heat it. Gently remove the film while still warm and the toner will transfer to the metal.

You can repair minor imperfections with a permanent marker prior to immersion in the appropriate etchant for the type of metal used.

Comment by Bad Finger (Eric) on April 17, 2012 at 7:08am

$20 for the pair.

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B003KRDJ9O/ref=ox_sc_act_title_1?i...

I think I'm going to try and find a way to print my own image on a metal plate or blank dog tag.  I can't see paying $17 for that.  There is a great Imperial Empire logo tie bar, but that's like $50.  Would be perfect.

Comment by Ron "Oily" Sprague on April 17, 2012 at 6:34am

Ha! I was thinking light saber, but the only thing I could remember about the right size was the Lego version.

Comment by Bad Finger (Eric) on April 17, 2012 at 3:43am

Vader's lightsaber chopstick bridge and a dog tag for the tail piece.  Looking expensive, but I like it.

Comment by Bad Finger (Eric) on April 17, 2012 at 3:25am

Nice idea Ron!  I'll have to storm into the toy store and see what I can find.  I want to keep a clean non-hokey look but I don't want to lose the Star Wars theme with a standard plain old bridge and tail piece.  I think you have put me on a good path even if it isn't one of those pieces exactly.  Thanks!

Comment by Ron "Oily" Sprague on April 17, 2012 at 2:07am

Eric,

 

Any chance you can get hold of a piece one of these for a bridge / saddle?:

 

Comment by Bad Finger (Eric) on April 17, 2012 at 2:03am

Clock, that's great.  Happy I could help.

Comment by Jon Pruett on April 17, 2012 at 1:54am

**Laughing my a** off *** :)

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