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Old Mar 18, 2010 | 09:54 PM
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I made a head plate out of acrylic on a laser cutter, then painted it black.





I tried attaching the drawing file, but the site doesnt recognize .dwg or .dxf files so here is a rough dimensioned drawing.

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cool man , if you could engrave on them = $ $ $ $ $
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I could engrave on the acrylic, but who wants a clear headplate Haha
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nice job man looks good.
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engrave the outer side and paint the inner side....
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I like it plain, it would look too busy with engraving. If anything, I would throw flat black decals on it like my lid
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That's the simple kind of detail that makes a car look clean, nice work
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could etch out the outer edges of my AFR engravings.. thats the problem with head plates, it covers that up
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