vapesmarter
Mod Maker
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- Jun 12, 2016
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@Chris K sent me a mail over a squonker I was in a thinking mood when he messaged so I laid it on a little thick ho hum
creation is holding the mirror up to nature
so for me making a mod is an extension of that creation part it's not in my mind, a mod it's more personal it's not about money it's more about me and what I produce.
I'm told I should charge more "that's worth £300 £350" to me when the mod is finished its worth nothing its a mod but at the start when I look at the idea when the customer gets "yeah I can do that" i have in my mind the finished mod, in my hand I can see it, the tricky bit is making that image
on this occasion, @Chris went away and picked up on the idea straight away. in fact, he may have had a think and looked something that gave meaning. this is my interpretation.
many years ago before I made stuff my tutor told me to in effect before I even touched a tool or a file, a saw, a sizer etc. to lock my self up in a room and study what was deep down, what I really wanted and when I had looked, it was then time to pick up a tool and create something that had purpose.
so
DVD
Runaway Jury
Rankin Fitch: You think your average juror is King Solomon? No, he's a roofer with a mortgage. He wants to go home and sit in his Barcalounger and let the cable TV wash over him. And this man doesn't give a single, solitary droplet of shit about truth, justice or your American way.
this is the block, there are a lot of colours in this I added a few extra bits to the cast but the base is black which in turn reacted quite a lot with each other colour. no Etsy or eBay far east here, this is my resin, my colours and my wood grown, cut stored, dried by me here.
lots of drilling shaping going on here, all by hand on this occasion I just let it flow i didn't use a gauge just went with it.
I've cut the block, at the time I had another modmaker friend turn up and ask me, was I going to pull this one back he thought I had overcooked the mod I still wasn't sure at the time either so swapped to another order
after a week, I went back and we have...
"Corey" is @Chris K doggy and he is a BIG dog I met him and so did Alfie (if my memory serves me well)
but a personal mod needs a personal touch.
so "Corey" has his name on the top plate hand engraved not etched or with a dremel by hand and I mean by hand with an engraver
is it my best yet? naaaaa each mod is personal its a relationship between me and the customer next month I won't even remember it but I know @Chris K will and that is worth more money than the mod is worth
next time
coco
Indiana
or something else
love my mods? thinking about xmas and all those crappy soaks well like them get the cash not the soaks and....buy one
creation is holding the mirror up to nature
so for me making a mod is an extension of that creation part it's not in my mind, a mod it's more personal it's not about money it's more about me and what I produce.
I'm told I should charge more "that's worth £300 £350" to me when the mod is finished its worth nothing its a mod but at the start when I look at the idea when the customer gets "yeah I can do that" i have in my mind the finished mod, in my hand I can see it, the tricky bit is making that image
on this occasion, @Chris went away and picked up on the idea straight away. in fact, he may have had a think and looked something that gave meaning. this is my interpretation.
many years ago before I made stuff my tutor told me to in effect before I even touched a tool or a file, a saw, a sizer etc. to lock my self up in a room and study what was deep down, what I really wanted and when I had looked, it was then time to pick up a tool and create something that had purpose.
so
DVD
Runaway Jury
Rankin Fitch: You think your average juror is King Solomon? No, he's a roofer with a mortgage. He wants to go home and sit in his Barcalounger and let the cable TV wash over him. And this man doesn't give a single, solitary droplet of shit about truth, justice or your American way.
this is the block, there are a lot of colours in this I added a few extra bits to the cast but the base is black which in turn reacted quite a lot with each other colour. no Etsy or eBay far east here, this is my resin, my colours and my wood grown, cut stored, dried by me here.
lots of drilling shaping going on here, all by hand on this occasion I just let it flow i didn't use a gauge just went with it.
I've cut the block, at the time I had another modmaker friend turn up and ask me, was I going to pull this one back he thought I had overcooked the mod I still wasn't sure at the time either so swapped to another order
after a week, I went back and we have...
"Corey" is @Chris K doggy and he is a BIG dog I met him and so did Alfie (if my memory serves me well)
but a personal mod needs a personal touch.
so "Corey" has his name on the top plate hand engraved not etched or with a dremel by hand and I mean by hand with an engraver
is it my best yet? naaaaa each mod is personal its a relationship between me and the customer next month I won't even remember it but I know @Chris K will and that is worth more money than the mod is worth
next time
coco
Indiana
or something else
love my mods? thinking about xmas and all those crappy soaks well like them get the cash not the soaks and....buy one
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