Thanks,
I'll check it out for sure. I probably will go with paint actually.
I've never made cases before, so it would probably be alot safer.
Textured paint is what I was thinking too. It looks much nicer.
Doug
--- In motm@y..., elhardt@a... wrote:
> >>Definitely rocks! May I ask where you got your handles, corner
protectors,
> vinyl covering? I'm planning on making some similar cases soon
myself. I'm
> still deciding on whether or not to do the vinyl, or just paint
them. Vinyl
> would be cool, but it looks difficult.<<
>
> I get all of my case parts from Penn Fabrication (url below). They
require a
> $50 minimum order and because their prices are pretty cheap you'd
probably
> have to buy enough stuff to make several cases to pass that limit.
Although
> somehow I managed to spend $160 there. I just remembered that Mars
Music
> carries a few of their case parts but at much higher prices.
>
> And I would catagorize using the vinyl covering as more of pain in
the ass
> and kind of messy than it is difficult. It's nice though because
it covers
> up not so perfect wood and hides nails. But it is more invovled
than paint
> especially at the corners of the case. My textured paint test
proved to work
> out pretty well and might be an alternative.
>
> http://www.penn-fabrication.com/hardware.htm