MOTM

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