rwillett

Or get someone to print a port with a flange, a gasket and three mounting holes so that it covers the hole neatly. Just a thought. Rob

I brought a red Telecaster kit two years ago. I paid a £160 or so. Didn't know any better. Had fun building it but the neck was junk, took it to a decent guitar shop to get it set up and they spent quite a lot of time trying to fix it and said it was impossible to get it right across all the neck. So if one end of the the neck was right, the other end wasnt. They refused to take any payment for their time as it was throwing good money after bad. I gave it to a local school and told them it was poor quality, I think they use it in school plays as a prop. I won't put the name here but I'd advise the OP to DM me. Rob

Ah! Didn't realise that. That makes sense now. I was going to put a grill on as well. So matt black(or red Hammerite) is fine on the baffle.

Thanks. Did you mask off the area where the speaker meets the front baffle? I would have thought that should be done, to ensure a tight fit, but happy to be advised otherwise. Rob

Do people mask off the area for handles or simply roller [Tuffcab|Armacab|Wernex] over them? I've drilled holes for the speaker, the port and the rear panel. I've also put M3 or M4 pronged t-nuts behind the holes so that's all done. Should I mask the area off or not? Not yet done holes for the handle or amp mount so checking now. I think I should mask off but not sure. Thanks Rob

Thanks for this. I've got some router bits with a decent curve 6mm and 12mm from memory. [Nope 3mm and 6mm after checking] I've also got my identically sized spray booth to practise on so I'll see which size works best. I'll probably round the plywood, put the Armacab on and then design new 3d printed corners to fit. Redesign should be relatively easy. The only area I'm slightly puzzling over is the front as it's just 12mm of ply sticking out. Will look at what other people have done here.

Pah, thats nothing, Zoe, my far better half, is still making a mosaic for my eldest daughters first birthday. Rhea is now in her 1st year at University.

I have some spare perspex, I am happy to post it to Si so he can play with it

I recall a friend have these, they sounded fine.

I've printed mine and they assume a square edge. I think I'll do some rounding on the dges and do a redesign of them Rob

Si I've tried using perspex once and I'm not looking to do it again. It's a difficult material to work with and the use of power tools was really tricky. I gave up as things splintered and scratched. However other people may be far better at it than me. Rob

Fair enough...

My Armacab arrived Weds. Well packed, but still sitting in the box. Have you started yours yet? Was interested in what prep you are doing. My intention is to try it on some off cuts and see how it handles slight defects on the edges. Not sure if I need to have the surface piano grade smooth or the armacab will easily handle the small splinters on the edges. Also not sure if I want or need to round the edges. People seem to do it but I'm not sure why. My cab is basically done bar wiring and finish. Slightly nervous about the covering though.

I see that many people round the edges of the cab. Is there a good reason for this please? Perhaps for the mottled finish or because the plastic corners assume so? If so what's the recommended radii? 5mm? 12mm? Or just to take edge off? Thanks.