Enaz Fox
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Ton of new stuff but first canvas/painting I’ve done in 2 years. Started doing flyers for a local dead cover band. Create create create.
Do you make stuff?
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This might be a ridiculous question, but if anyone knows the answer, it's gotta be someone here: what's the best way to cut a vinyl record?
I have a scratched up grateful dead record that I want to turn into a guitar pickguard (or, barring that, at least a coaster). It's all scratched up and no good for listening to, obviously. What's the best way to cut/shape it without causing splits, splinters or shards? I've got saws and a dremel at hand, but obviously I only have one grateful dead record that I want to use for this, so I would rather not "learn the hard way" in this case.
Anyone got any tips or suggestions?
I have a scratched up grateful dead record that I want to turn into a guitar pickguard (or, barring that, at least a coaster). It's all scratched up and no good for listening to, obviously. What's the best way to cut/shape it without causing splits, splinters or shards? I've got saws and a dremel at hand, but obviously I only have one grateful dead record that I want to use for this, so I would rather not "learn the hard way" in this case.
Anyone got any tips or suggestions?
Tortured Diaper Baby Dept
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Are you trying to capture the label for the pick?
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Correct; or I might try to widen the hole just a tiiiiiny bit for the volume pot, if I can get a good size/shape out of it.
Tortured Diaper Baby Dept
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There's gotta be a best answer so I'm just spitballing but if I had to do the same I'd probably be eyeing my Dremel. Just which cutting head...? I think cracking/splitting is a definite concern.
Also, something to score it with first.
Hemotep
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Maybe go to goodwill and get a Herb Alpert to test on first?
I love seeing you branch out into new medium!!
Hemotep
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I was thinking maybe a hot wire or a wood burning thingamajig to cut the basic shape then sandpaper to get the edges right.
Dirtbag Auntie
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Ooooh I’m very interested in how to cut the record and stuff. I’ve had a bag I’ve been wanting to make in my head for a long time
I'll lket you know how my experiments go
Tortured Diaper Baby Dept
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@yukbon
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How to Cut Vinyl Records
We’ve all had the unfortunate experience of getting a new vinyl record that doesn’t play. Whether it’s so covered in dust that you can’t even see the grooves or it looks like Freddy Krueger tried to take it off the turntable, even high quality vinyl records may eventually get to a place where...
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Hemotep
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Hey, wood burning tool! I guess I was on to something.@yukbon
How to Cut Vinyl Records
We’ve all had the unfortunate experience of getting a new vinyl record that doesn’t play. Whether it’s so covered in dust that you can’t even see the grooves or it looks like Freddy Krueger tried to take it off the turntable, even high quality vinyl records may eventually get to a place where...
WhiteDahlias
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I completely forgot about RSD yesterday because I was painting with some friends over discord. I haven't painted in years and acrylics aren't really what I was super familiar with but I had so much fun and I think it turned out pretty good (I didn't quite finish at the bottom though).
I finally finished my knitted blanket!! It took forever. For reference, it’s on a queen size bed. 
jamieanderson1968
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Cat all around the neighbourhood are looking around, getting ready to climb that blanket
Sparks_03
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I just stumbled upon this forum. I hope nobody finds it blasphemous, but I take records and turn them into clocks. My boss sent me on vacation during Covid and told me I couldn’t go anywhere. I had a bunch of warped records in the basement, and decided to find something I could do with them.
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Sooo funny story…we have a black cat. Neighbors moved in with an orange cat and our cat and their cat had a tough time adjusting to each other, but now they have a tentative truce. But before that, for a while, I would find the neighbors’ cat sniffing around our back door, where the cat door is. We also have a glass screen door in the front of the house, as well as a front door, that every child likes to leave wide open so you can see into our house. One day, I drove up and saw our neighbors’ cat looking at me through our front glass door….because he finally got brave enough to go through the cat door.
So yeah, if I find more than one cat on the blanket one day, I won’t be surprised.
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Dirtbag Auntie
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Stunning!!!