Jorge Pozzobon
Registered: May 2007
Location: Passo Fundo - RS - Brasil
Posts: 1,147
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Mon November 19, 2007 3:00pm
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I think it's more difficult than a cross wrap. Nice work in according to the wrap.
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Dan Makauskas
Registered: February 2007
Location: Lombard IL
Posts: 246
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Mon November 19, 2007 3:12pm
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What a cool idea! Thanks for the look behind the curtain at the planning process. Is it difficult keeping everything to scale?
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BIlly Vivona
Registered: March 2005
Location: Staten Island, New York
Posts: 2,910
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Mon November 19, 2007 3:21pm
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It is really not difficult, just keep in mind it is only paper, and not the actual grip. I NEVER make the grip teh same as I plan - if you look at the top sketch wou will see a few vertical lines - I drew those after te center of teh grip was done, I was trying to figure out where to put the 2 green points. Figure a grip which will be 1 1/4" ODiameter - will be about 4 1/2" circumference, which is what is drawn on the paper (rectangular). The Horizontal lines in teh center of the sketch represent approximately what will show on teh top and bottom of the grip - I didn't want the purple star to wrap around too much. The bottom pic I drew teh Purple star too large, adn the points would have been cut off, so I made the sizing adjustment prior to making the Diamond, and it was closer to what I wanted it to be. I'm still working ou tthe kinks, this is only the 3rd grip I sketched out like this. TEh otehr dozens of grips I didn't, adn they still came out fine - there is no need for all this planning, but the way my brain works I HAVE TO plan it out - I'm not good at improvising the way otehrs are.
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Mark Fisher
Registered: March 2005
Location: Broken Hill, N.S.W, Australia
Posts: 1,715
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Mon November 19, 2007 3:22pm
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Nice one Billy. Every thing compliments very well. I can see a Band Saw being added to my Christmas list.
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BIlly Vivona
Registered: March 2005
Location: Staten Island, New York
Posts: 2,910
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Mon November 19, 2007 3:26pm
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Mark - if you are going to get a bandsaw, adn plan to use it for wood, I would suggest spending the money and getting the RIGHT one. The one I have is a Grizzly model, which works so-so for EVA. IT was $325 + S&H. HAd I spent an additional $100, I woudl have recieved one which had an excellent fence, miter guar, magnified ruler, large table, etc. I royally screwed up saving $100, now the fence I need is $120 alone. And my table STINKS. On the flip side, for EVA it doesn't need to be precise - if something you cut is off a little, just bend it so it is not off a little, lol.
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Rich Handrick
Registered: September 2006
Location: Wisconsin
Posts: 79
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Mon November 19, 2007 4:38pm
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Billy - how did you pack and roll that EVA? :-) Looks very cool, love the color scheme!
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Michael Joyce
Registered: March 2005
Location: Central MA
Posts: 1,528
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Mon November 19, 2007 5:08pm
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Theres something you dont see everyday. Is the center part the block set up you showed us a couple weeks ago?
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BIlly Vivona
Registered: March 2005
Location: Staten Island, New York
Posts: 2,910
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Mon November 19, 2007 6:17pm
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Yeah, the center was 3/4 complete when you saw it. Unfortunately that last 1/4 didn't work out as perfectly as the other 3/4 - I'll sow you in person in High Point.
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mark blabaum
Registered: June 2006
Location: Southwest - Wisconsin
Posts: 1,282
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Mon November 19, 2007 10:04pm
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Billy, I really like the looks of the finished grip. I really like the colors of the wrap that goes with it. Great job on the grip.
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stan mclean
Registered: September 2005
Location: MA
Posts: 321
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Tue November 20, 2007 12:04am
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Good looking grip! It's a nice match to the wrap.
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Jim Upton
Registered: March 2005
Location: Huntington Beach, CA
Posts: 440
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Tue November 20, 2007 8:57am
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Now if you could just get all the Madeira colors in the EVA. Nice work, Billy.
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russell cook
Registered: May 2007
Posts: 127
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Tue November 20, 2007 9:23am
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That is awsome. Is it hard to do?
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BIlly Vivona
Registered: March 2005
Location: Staten Island, New York
Posts: 2,910
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Tue November 20, 2007 9:29am
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Hard - if I were to get it perfect - yes. HArd as in tedious and extremely time consuming gluing all those darn craft foam strips together - YES. It's probably easier to do with wood since it doesnt' compress when gluing & especially boring.
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Jerry Griffin
Registered: March 2005
Location: Vancouver Island B C
Posts: 120
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Tue November 20, 2007 12:13pm
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That is a cool design Billy, ditto on the colors. I know nothing about doing inlays with foam but it would seem to me it would be alot harder than with wood.
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BIlly Vivona
Registered: March 2005
Location: Staten Island, New York
Posts: 2,910
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Tue November 20, 2007 12:17pm
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I don't mean to make it sound liek doing it with wood is easy - it isn't. YOu need jigs and skills to get the cuts dead on time after time. Wha tI meant was even if the cuts are perfect with EVA, the contact cement you need to use to glue combined with the pliability of EVA kind of throws those perfect cuts into the wind. Jerry, nice to see you post!
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