hebertjo
Member
Here is a segmented full size Emperor that I just finished. The color scheme and some of the design elements were taken from a Gisi pen I saw. This one uses curly koa, green and grey BEB, aluminium and paua shell dots.
It turned out Ok for the first attempt at someting this complex but I am not happy with several stupid mistakes I made with regard to some of the segments not having uniform thickness and others that were not completly square before glueing them together.
With design sketching, working it up in 2D CAD, building and finishing it took around 20 man hours to complete. I like the emperor kit, this is my first and apprently my last now that CSUSA discontinued it.
I would appreciate any critiques on it. I suspect I will make another one and I am looking to improve the design and construction. It just won't be on an Emperor kit!
Thanks,
It turned out Ok for the first attempt at someting this complex but I am not happy with several stupid mistakes I made with regard to some of the segments not having uniform thickness and others that were not completly square before glueing them together.
With design sketching, working it up in 2D CAD, building and finishing it took around 20 man hours to complete. I like the emperor kit, this is my first and apprently my last now that CSUSA discontinued it.
I would appreciate any critiques on it. I suspect I will make another one and I am looking to improve the design and construction. It just won't be on an Emperor kit!
Thanks,