Here is my Facebook album of my work:
https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.116616081691233.15444.100000285240828&type=3Hi guys I will be making few marble wrist rests as a mockup thingy and if there is plenty of interest for them then GB will be in order and I'll be shopping for marble prices and will post pics in the GB thread so we can get voting on which marble people like most.
As for now I will be making some wrist rests and after they are done I'll post the pics here, once when they are done these first wrist rests will be auctioned and they money of the auction will be donated towards GH and another member who lost his job and needs help, forgot his name but bunnylake is trying to help him out also.
These wrist rest will be made out of travertine that I have left in the warehouse, its a pretty large piece since I was using to custom cut it to make it fit on top of the shower seat. I believe the thickness is around 5/8"-3/4", I will cut the pieces with my wet saw and then I will round the sides and polish them on 3 levels.
I plan on making TKL,104, tenkeypad and 1 for my Razer exact mat X control
If this turns into GB I can make custom ones too, such as IBM 104, IBM 122's they will most likely be priced little higher than the regular 104 size.
Anyways the width I plan on making them is 4", so I need input on sizes for these items:
- Tenkeypad - length? ( waiting on input for this one... any body has ten keypad that can measure it up in length for me?)
- Cherry 1800 - 15-7/8"
- Poker,GH60,pure - 11-1/2"
- Leopold FC660C - 12-3/4"
Will have this post updated accordingly, would of have the samples done tomorrow but I ordered wrong sanding pads, new order is on its way and should be in sometime Monday-Tuesday, planning on adding small clear rubber stoppers on the back of them.
************ UPDATE - Made the samples***************
Samples are made, took pics and will post them once when done with typing this. I thought I had thicker travertine but turned out its the one that's 1/2, so the height its not up there. As previously I mentioned I would not want to do these out of travertine, even though they are nice and thick travertine pieces out there that are strong its still not a true/pure stone dug out of the mountains. Travertine is just a sand from the beach mixed with epoxy liquid and poured in big slab molds and then cut with rail saw.
while its easier to shape then travertine, its texture is very inconsistent, so the outcome of inconsistent strentght texture trough out the piece will give problems to achieve perfection when rounding and polishing the edges.
As you start with the flow of polishing you have 2-3" of the edges requiring X amount of speed on the grinder and X amount of pressure applied and then the other couple of inches if its softer I end up digging in more. I know they are hand made, but inconsistent strength of the material will only keep me avay to achieve perfection. So travertine is out the picture and has to be pure marble or granite that will be 1" thick so we don't have to be inserting any rubber feet under it. Marble and granite is also a full stone, while travertine comes hollow ghere and there trough out the piece.
Also I might steer away from rounding the corners a lot, the more you round the more work is required but also more chances for errors.... I will keep the rounding to a minimum which would be 1/8" on top to an 1/8" drop on the side.
Anyways the pore I type the more some people here will scratch their heads, so here are the pics.
