Crazy Climber
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I made these at work on my CNC machines for my home arcade. I am testing them out in this small corner of the arcade to see how well they hold but it's been a few weeks and they are still there..so far so good. They are made of composite aluminium and come pre painted (color depends on what building I am making at the time since I use the scrap to make them) I thought they turned out pretty good. The light box is also composite aluminium with an arcade marquee (x-men) rivited in and placed over the ceiling lights to illuminate it. What do you guys think?
Thanks! - Brian
*edit - I have had a few inquires to purchase these which is nice since my Wife told me they were ugly - lol, what does she know right? If anyone was interested in a few or whatever does $1 each plus EXACT shipping sound good? I would give a discount for large quanities also if anyone wanted that. The material is crazy expensive, like $600-$1000 per sheet but I get it for free if I use the left over scrap, the only problem is I am limited to what color the building is we are working on but we have a TON of the stuff lying around right now in many different colors so if I get some hits I'll make a list/etc.. I don't know the exact dimensions off hand but I think they were a little under 1 foot both ways, I'll check after work tonight. The material is a black composite core with professionally painted aluminum (many different colors available)on one side and sandable primered aluminium on the other side, let me know if anyone is interested. Thanks for all the nice comments! - Brian
*new edit - Thanks again everyone for all the positive comments. It is really cool hearing people say they like something you made. For everyone that has expressed some interest in picking some up for there own gameroom I will update soon with what colors I have available. My boss is pretty cool and usually supports us having a little fun so I should be able to get rolling on this Saturday. I also want to say I'm not concerned with getting rich here so no order is too small, I sold one guy 2 of them and thats fine with me. I am just excited that people like them and I am more than happy to make them for you guys. Will update soon, Thanks - Brian
*edit for color list...
Okay guys, this is kind of a generic message I sent to eveyone who expressed interest. I have been doing a flat rate shipping of $8 for smaller orders (under 10) and $15 for larger orders. Afetr they have shipped I will refund any extra shipping money left over so you will pay EXACT shipping charges. I should be able to cut them for eveyone who has paid this Saturday. I have never really done something like this so if I forgot to PM you just send me another one. Also if possible put your screen name from here on the paypal message since a few guys have ordered the same quanities, just want to make sure I get everyones colors right. Here is a color list, the amount of each color I have is limited to what scrap I have left over from dead jobs. I seem to have a decent amount of most of this but will eventually run out of some colors and will not be able to get anymore until we do another job of that color. Since I do not have an exact idea of how much material I have of each color I guess the only fair thing would be whoever sends payment first will get first pick in order of payments recieved. These are also primered on one side and ready for paint if you choose to use your own custom color and paint it yourself. I have never painted them but my co worker has painted other stuff we have made and has had very good results. I am not a paint guy though so I can't help much on that end
I might find more colors this weekend since I am going to look around a little more, just as long as payment is sent and you don't mind waiting a little longer you would be able to get first pick on any new colors I find, but I really have no idea what we have (if any) other colors so I can't gaurantee I'll find anything but I will try
Let me know if you have any questions, I am more than happy to help in any way possible. Thanks again! - Brian
*These are all ready to cut this saturday
Peru Bronze (more of a darker Brown)
Standard Red (running low on this but have enough for a few larger orders)
White
Dark Blue
* temp sold out - Brushed Aluminum (cool aluminum color with brushed grain elements, also limited)
Optical Platinum Titanium (very limited)
Various Metallic Silvers (they vary in color but all orders will match so they don't look out of place next to each other)
Pewter
*temp sold out - Various Bronze (they also range in color, I don't have a lot of this stuff right now that is all the same color but I should be able to accomodate a few orders)
Solid Black (this is a thinner stock material and would only look good as a stand alone all black order, I don' think it would look right next to the other colors due to the thinner stock, but if you are okay with it being thinner I can mix/match it)
*edit for color info
Also, for anybody else that wants sort of an idea of the colors, a lot of the material we use is from a place called alpolic
http://www.alpolic-usa.com/pages/products/color-samples.php
They have a color sample section that has a basic idea but so many of the colors slightly vary/etc so if you have any questions I can look up the exact codes of what I have over the next few days. We also use composite from 2 other places called Reynobond and Alucobond but all the colors are pretty similar from all the different companies. Oh, many of the Metallics I have are custom colors made just for certain jobs but they are all shades of Silver/Bronze/etc.. and most only have small differences from the stock colors. Thanks guys! - Brian
I made these at work on my CNC machines for my home arcade. I am testing them out in this small corner of the arcade to see how well they hold but it's been a few weeks and they are still there..so far so good. They are made of composite aluminium and come pre painted (color depends on what building I am making at the time since I use the scrap to make them) I thought they turned out pretty good. The light box is also composite aluminium with an arcade marquee (x-men) rivited in and placed over the ceiling lights to illuminate it. What do you guys think?
Thanks! - Brian
*edit - I have had a few inquires to purchase these which is nice since my Wife told me they were ugly - lol, what does she know right? If anyone was interested in a few or whatever does $1 each plus EXACT shipping sound good? I would give a discount for large quanities also if anyone wanted that. The material is crazy expensive, like $600-$1000 per sheet but I get it for free if I use the left over scrap, the only problem is I am limited to what color the building is we are working on but we have a TON of the stuff lying around right now in many different colors so if I get some hits I'll make a list/etc.. I don't know the exact dimensions off hand but I think they were a little under 1 foot both ways, I'll check after work tonight. The material is a black composite core with professionally painted aluminum (many different colors available)on one side and sandable primered aluminium on the other side, let me know if anyone is interested. Thanks for all the nice comments! - Brian
*new edit - Thanks again everyone for all the positive comments. It is really cool hearing people say they like something you made. For everyone that has expressed some interest in picking some up for there own gameroom I will update soon with what colors I have available. My boss is pretty cool and usually supports us having a little fun so I should be able to get rolling on this Saturday. I also want to say I'm not concerned with getting rich here so no order is too small, I sold one guy 2 of them and thats fine with me. I am just excited that people like them and I am more than happy to make them for you guys. Will update soon, Thanks - Brian
*edit for color list...
Okay guys, this is kind of a generic message I sent to eveyone who expressed interest. I have been doing a flat rate shipping of $8 for smaller orders (under 10) and $15 for larger orders. Afetr they have shipped I will refund any extra shipping money left over so you will pay EXACT shipping charges. I should be able to cut them for eveyone who has paid this Saturday. I have never really done something like this so if I forgot to PM you just send me another one. Also if possible put your screen name from here on the paypal message since a few guys have ordered the same quanities, just want to make sure I get everyones colors right. Here is a color list, the amount of each color I have is limited to what scrap I have left over from dead jobs. I seem to have a decent amount of most of this but will eventually run out of some colors and will not be able to get anymore until we do another job of that color. Since I do not have an exact idea of how much material I have of each color I guess the only fair thing would be whoever sends payment first will get first pick in order of payments recieved. These are also primered on one side and ready for paint if you choose to use your own custom color and paint it yourself. I have never painted them but my co worker has painted other stuff we have made and has had very good results. I am not a paint guy though so I can't help much on that end
*These are all ready to cut this saturday
Peru Bronze (more of a darker Brown)
Standard Red (running low on this but have enough for a few larger orders)
White
Dark Blue
* temp sold out - Brushed Aluminum (cool aluminum color with brushed grain elements, also limited)
Optical Platinum Titanium (very limited)
Various Metallic Silvers (they vary in color but all orders will match so they don't look out of place next to each other)
Pewter
*temp sold out - Various Bronze (they also range in color, I don't have a lot of this stuff right now that is all the same color but I should be able to accomodate a few orders)
Solid Black (this is a thinner stock material and would only look good as a stand alone all black order, I don' think it would look right next to the other colors due to the thinner stock, but if you are okay with it being thinner I can mix/match it)
*edit for color info
Also, for anybody else that wants sort of an idea of the colors, a lot of the material we use is from a place called alpolic
http://www.alpolic-usa.com/pages/products/color-samples.php
They have a color sample section that has a basic idea but so many of the colors slightly vary/etc so if you have any questions I can look up the exact codes of what I have over the next few days. We also use composite from 2 other places called Reynobond and Alucobond but all the colors are pretty similar from all the different companies. Oh, many of the Metallics I have are custom colors made just for certain jobs but they are all shades of Silver/Bronze/etc.. and most only have small differences from the stock colors. Thanks guys! - Brian
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