Royce Meritt
11-11-2008, 10:26 AM
Well, the dice cups turned out really nice. Making the dice is proving to be a problem. I can cut 5 perfect 5/8" cubes with no problem but getting the "spots" on the dice is troublesome.
I made a template and tried drilling shallow recesses and color-filling the spots but got less than satisfactory results. Because the dice are only 5/8" wide there was a problem with tear out if a "spot" was close to an edge. Also, as I used my drilling template the holes got enlarged and gave inconsistant results.
Now I am thinking I need to follow the advice that said to paint the "spots" on. (Sorry, I don't remember who suggested that.)
I'm thinking a "painting template" of some sort. Masking tape, for example. Any ideas as to how to make this "painting template" and get consistant results? I would need some way to put even, consistant holes in something like masking tape (or something else?) and stick it to the face of the dice so I can use paint or a sharpie marker or something to paint the "spots".
Any suggestions? Thanks.
I made a template and tried drilling shallow recesses and color-filling the spots but got less than satisfactory results. Because the dice are only 5/8" wide there was a problem with tear out if a "spot" was close to an edge. Also, as I used my drilling template the holes got enlarged and gave inconsistant results.
Now I am thinking I need to follow the advice that said to paint the "spots" on. (Sorry, I don't remember who suggested that.)
I'm thinking a "painting template" of some sort. Masking tape, for example. Any ideas as to how to make this "painting template" and get consistant results? I would need some way to put even, consistant holes in something like masking tape (or something else?) and stick it to the face of the dice so I can use paint or a sharpie marker or something to paint the "spots".
Any suggestions? Thanks.