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yep its a 10" in a sealed box. gives quite a nice back massage

Spooky , I just sent William a PM about 2 mins ago with that exact spec' ! Created a gear pattern image now and the laser test went quite well, so this shouldn't be a problem to put on the top of the gearknob.

Would be pretty cool like on a plaque I have this zed pic that i can easily tweak back to 'normality'

Spooky , I just sent William a PM about 2 mins ago with that exact spec' ! yep working on the gear selector pattern logo, will let you know.

I'm still slightly unsure about threadsizes UK to JDM hopefully i can get the chance to check that at the weekend, if anyone coming to the Wales drive has an oem gearknob off a UK model that they have taken off and have lying around and would like to bring it along i'd be glad off the chance to check it. I can't see why they should be different but maybe my car is unique!

yes that's a similar finish to my first model which was in aluminium, sort of a satinised sheen.

ok everyone's going to have to make allowances for my car on Sunday, as I'm spending valuable bodywork polishing time in front of a lathe instead!

+1 Yes i can, i have an order for one, i'll try to replicate this style in aluminium next and see how good a polish i can get on that, this stainless steel takes much longer to work with so would cost a fair bit. I'll have it with me at Wales on Sunday if you want a closer look

Well after making a small error and buying a slightly too hard grade of stainless steel for using on a lathe and after wearing out a fair number of tools and breaking two tap and die sets (apologies to my dad! ) the stainless steel gearknob was finally finished! A short blast under the Laser and here it is..

+1, hope your bringing some examples to wales I'll get a few of the keyrings done and bring them along to Wales, if anyone definitely wants one for then can you PM me then i get an idea of numbers to bring, price is £10 each, it has the 350Z on one side and the Z on the other. (can be different if you want) After Wales i'll sort out a for sale ad for post orders.

Sadly it won't let me fire the laser with the cabinet door open(damn safety nonsense )

Using a little program called traceart to convert from raster to vector, i've tried a few plt producing programs but the laser software seems to like traceart files best (fussy little thing)

Its just a scrap bit of metal (think its a bracket for rack mounting pc equipment actually), as its painted the laser burns the paint off nicely which gives quite a good contrast.

Unfortunately the laser has a cabinet around it (laser radiation emissions blah blah safety etc )which is quite small so it i'm quite restricted on what i can fit in there to engrave. Latest trial, one for the Tommy k fans

Looking for some decent keyring blanks atm, will let you know if i find anything suitable Wondered if I sent you a ALUMINIUM RICHBROOK TAX DISC HOLDER could you engrave the back of it? Jerry you have PM

Looking for some decent keyring blanks atm, will let you know if i find anything suitable

Well I'm planning on bringing a few samples with me to the Wales run on Sunday, if anyone has any special requests though then feel free to post here or PM me

Maybe the next mod for DreamCustomz....?

My new logo...

its one of those magnetic trays for holding nuts and bolts when working on the car, stops me losing all the useful bits when i'm dismantling stuff! /goes to find something to burn sharks into...

yeah I'm sure people are wondering why I've started having an interest in the Laser! Maybe i should burn a load in time for the Wales drive out! Anyone for a 350Z torch or Magnetic Zed tray?

Creating the image file is the most work tbh, its a .plt format and the software controlling the laser is extremely fussy about what file it will work with and what software can of created it! I'll pm more details in a mo.

Managed to sneak some time on the Laser Engraver we have at work, I'm working on a new gearknob at the mo which will be getting engraved but until then I've been burning a few other things!:

rear speakers? insanity! No i never have rears in my cars, if i go to a concert i face the stage, same with my car stereo systems