Dad's Valve Covers
pedant
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Sorry Gary,
I've been in a dead zone all afternoon.
Of course, do what makes you happy!
I was thinking to make the chamfer the width of the stripe and then radius the ensuing points to make it reflect the way the stripes end.
I've been in a dead zone all afternoon.
Of course, do what makes you happy!
I was thinking to make the chamfer the width of the stripe and then radius the ensuing points to make it reflect the way the stripes end.
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Firegod - Thanks. But I'm an engineer and not an artist, so I'm looking for other's input as just about anybody has more creativity than I do.
Jim - You must have the same cell company that Chris and David do. Neither had coverage at my house.
Anyway, I think I'm with you part way, but don't understand everything. By "stripe" you mean the recessed line? But, I'm lost on "ensuing points" and "the way the stripes end", although the latter may be something about how or where they stop. Anyway, please elaborate?
Jim - You must have the same cell company that Chris and David do. Neither had coverage at my house.
Anyway, I think I'm with you part way, but don't understand everything. By "stripe" you mean the recessed line? But, I'm lost on "ensuing points" and "the way the stripes end", although the latter may be something about how or where they stop. Anyway, please elaborate?
pedant
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Sprint.
When I can afford a GSM phone I think I'll be going with T-Mobile.
Look at the radius at the end of the border.
Look at how you would be left with two 'points' if you opened the chamfer up.
Imagine a similar radius to the border to those two points.
I can't explain it any better.
When I can afford a GSM phone I think I'll be going with T-Mobile.
Look at the radius at the end of the border.
Look at how you would be left with two 'points' if you opened the chamfer up.
Imagine a similar radius to the border to those two points.
I can't explain it any better.
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I agree with Jim.
Imagine a rock chip in your windshield with two runs, only your runs will be in line with the recessed lines on the valve cover.
The lines and chamfer would be painted to match the other details.
Imagine a rock chip in your windshield with two runs, only your runs will be in line with the recessed lines on the valve cover.
The lines and chamfer would be painted to match the other details.
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Sprint.
When I can afford a GSM phone I think I'll be going with T-Mobile.
Look at the radius at the end of the border.
Look at how you would be left with two 'points' if you opened it up.
Imagine a similar radius to the border to those points.
I can't explain it any better.
When I can afford a GSM phone I think I'll be going with T-Mobile.
Look at the radius at the end of the border.
Look at how you would be left with two 'points' if you opened it up.
Imagine a similar radius to the border to those points.
I can't explain it any better.
By the "radius at the end of the border", do you mean these?
If not, please try again as I'm dense but interested. If so, then help me understand "if you opened it up". Opened what up? I just am not seeing the "points".
pedant
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Yes.
So make the chamfer as wide as that border.
A colored ring (3/16"?) wide around that shiny bolt head.
Can you scale a circle around the bolt head, with a diameter that mimics the width of that border line???
If you do that, it will spill out to the side, and the black of the side could flow around the same radius you have circled, into the chamfered area surrounding the bolt head.
Instead of coming to a point on each side.
So make the chamfer as wide as that border.
A colored ring (3/16"?) wide around that shiny bolt head.
Can you scale a circle around the bolt head, with a diameter that mimics the width of that border line???
If you do that, it will spill out to the side, and the black of the side could flow around the same radius you have circled, into the chamfered area surrounding the bolt head.
Instead of coming to a point on each side.
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Gary that is beyond my capability. I am lucky to two finger type, much less "paint".
All this computer stuff was silliness when I was in high school... After all it was Tandy vision all in black and white.
I still think the internet is just a fad.
All this computer stuff was silliness when I was in high school... After all it was Tandy vision all in black and white.
I still think the internet is just a fad.
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Lol! And I'm almost 70! Ok, but together we may get this figured out.
pedant
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Hmmm,
That's cool.
Not exactly what I was thinking about, but it looks good!
Do you see how the aluminum comes to a point at each side above the bolt head?
What if you blunted that point so it had the same radius as the end of the line that you circled in yellow?
That's cool.
Not exactly what I was thinking about, but it looks good!
Do you see how the aluminum comes to a point at each side above the bolt head?
What if you blunted that point so it had the same radius as the end of the line that you circled in yellow?
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I think you have it, but just don't tie them together. Leave a gap between the lines.
