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I should have final prices either tomorrow or, failing that, a day or two after Christmas. Right now we're waiting on final quotes from our cutters / finishers.

Oooh, the suspense ... I can feel it being detrimental to my bloodpressure - just kidding

Barring a price equivalent to their weight in gold, I'm soooo likely to get one in brushed alumin(i)um

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Hasn't been a month since the last post, but can I bump this anyway? Digging back into the button project has renewed my curiousity in the metal fascia project. Thanks!

Man, sorry about the wait, everyone. Things have been a little hectic here.

Here's where we stand. The first "alpha" blanks are in queue to be water cut (ie. the order is in with our cutter). This should be in the next 2 weeks (crosses fingers). The hold-up centers around the size of the job: we aren't big enough to take a great deal of priority.

After the water cutting is done, Brandon and I will be taking a few days to verify fit, etc. After verifying everything looks good, we'll post pics of the blanks (kinda like amateur empeg porn). They'll then be sent to be milled, which should finish the mechanical production phase.

The only thing left at that point will be finishes. We're looking at, for this first "alpha" run, doing the following:

1 - Bare aluminum, brushed
1 - Bare aluminum, polished
1 - Black anodized, brushed
1 - TBD
1 - Super extra sick finish (which will become my personal fascia, though we will offer that finish if everything works out)

Ok, maybe not SUPER extra sick, but I'm excited about it.

We'll be, of course, putting up extensive photos when finishes are complete, as well as a list of all available finishes. That list, BTW, should be EXTENSIVE (to say the least) if I'm successful with what I've been working on. But that's for later.

We'll also post prices at that point. We spent a LONG time over coffee the other night discussing price; we want to make the price as low as possible so that everyone can have one (or more than one...based on board history I'm looking at you, Paul..... ), but we still need to make a little something to cover the time spent on this. Don't worry, we work cheap. Of course, Bare Aluminum Brushed, Bare Aluminum Polished and (if anyone really wants it) Bare Aluminum Raw will be the cheapest, a bit extra for Anodized, and more "exotic" finishes will be at our cost.

Turn around time after ordering is looking like it will be about 3 weeks max, with the exception of the "exotic" finishes mentioned above. Anyone ordering a fascia with one of those finishes will probably have to talk to me directly (ie. email, PM, phone, etc.) regarding price / turnaround time.

Bear with us guys, we'll get there. I assure all of you this won't become a case of "vapor-fascia". As FireFox has, I'm sure, seen with his button project, these things always take much longer than you expect. We just want to make sure everyone gets something worth having.

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1 - Super extra sick finish

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1 - Super extra sick finish

Thank goodness we now get American Chopper in the UK, so even I understand that this means the finish will actually look rather good.

Rob

*sigh*

I won't deny it, I grew up just a few hours north of the guys from "American Chopper". Way up in the wilds of northern NY.

So as you can see, I didn't have a chance.

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I won't deny it, I grew up just a few hours north of the guys from "American Chopper".

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these things always take much longer than you expect.

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I won't deny it, I grew up just a few hours north of the guys from "American Chopper".

Nothing to get excited over.

I don't know where exactly their new shop is, and I don't really care all that much either.

Heh. Actually I meant it more as an apology. Or some sort of admission of guilt by association...

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Exotic? Sounds really interesting. Can I get a fascia covered in solar panels so I can listen to my empeg while I jog around the neighborhood?

Hrmm... I guess we could try.

And as far as "exotic", I don't want people to think I'm talking about some sort of futuristic alien-sourced sub-atomic laminate. Simply finishes well beyond the standard anodizing. But I'm still working on it.

Keep your fingers / toes / eyes crossed.

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I don't want people to think I'm talking about some sort of futuristic alien-sourced sub-atomic laminate.

Ooo. How much for THAT one?!

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I don't want people to think I'm talking about some sort of futuristic alien-sourced sub-atomic laminate.

Ooo. How much for THAT one?!

I'll do it at cost, but the turn around time is measured in light years.

You should have heard the lady at UPS when I asked what the shipping fee per AU was......

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Developed countries generally have rather good and timely (air) postal delivery.

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Is that at aphelion, perihelion, or is it perhaps the mean distance?

tanstaafl.

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If they do see the light of day, Webroach, I would *love* to have one for my Empeg as well.

Not a problem. As I said, this isn't a matter of "if", but a matter of when. The parts are currently being cut. And there won't be a limited supply; we'll produce as many as there is a demand for. There will, however, be about a 3 week turn around on each batch.

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BTW, No chance to get the anno beadblasted is there?

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Either way thanks for setting this up!

You're very welcome! I'm just glad I 'm going to be able to give something back to the community. It's always given me a lot, so it's only fair.

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It would be nice to have an ordering page of some kind where all of the faces are pictured, similar to the NewFace page.