carving a ggts or similar

[tuwalen]

i'm just wondering why i can't find any carved ggts or similar, not laserengraved but real handcarved, think they would be perfect for that......... but maybe i'm looking in the wrong places.....again

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[maccafan]

You want to hand carve a plated brass tube?

Out of genuine interest, how would you go about doing that?

[tuwalen]

nope a stainless steel tube (havent seen a ggts closeby) if thet call it stainless steel, i hope it isnt plated.

some of my relatives in Bali have been carving silver and other metals for generations, if i would do it, it would look like a Kandinsky, not a nice floral pattern or something.

[maccafan]

Interesting.

There is a stainless version but most of the GGTS's are nickel plated aluminum and brass I think..

SS is a poor conductor of electricity when compared to brass and ally with nickel plating..

That aside, you can get SS tubes on fleabay quite cheap if you want to practice and show us if you want..

Like this or other items from that seller:

Clicky

[tuwalen]

dont get me wrong, i dont want to start somekind of moddingbussines, i was just wondering there are so many mods around, and i havent seen anything but clean ggts, if the tube is to thin, it could be replaced by silversteel.
if i ever get one, and i want it changed, i'll make a blog...... but first i need to wait until the new ones come out, and with my usual luck, i'll be without internet on that moment.

[hifistud]

Jun 17, 2012 15:05:20 GMT maccafan said:

Interesting.

There is a stainless version but most of the GGTS's are nickel plated aluminum and brass I think..

Judging by the serial numbers, SS GGTSes outnumber the ally and nickel ones by quite a chunk these days.

And the next batch will absolutely seal that.

[maccafan]

Jun 17, 2012 16:40:09 GMT hifistud said:

Judging by the serial numbers, SS GGTSes outnumber the ally and nickel ones by quite a chunk these days.

And the next batch will absolutely seal that.

Ah ok thanks..Didn't know that..

With SS being a poor conductor relative to ally and brass I thought it might have been the other way round..I also read this and inferred what I wrote from that:



www.ggecig.com/gg-model-range/ggts/#

[tuwalen]

on the wiki its

rev1
rev2
ss on the french gg forum they call it silversteel

[Batdragon (AKA Batty)]

SS is normally reffered to when talking about Stainless Steel. Silver steel is a whole different metal and is quite a good conductor electrically

[blakey]

They are stainless steal

[Chrissie]

Moving this to modders board as it's not really a new members type of question

[Gordy]

i remember seeing this LOTR GGTS but personally didnt like it

[Gordy]

the top tube is pretty cheap to buy £10 so i would like to see one of those carved with something unique

[tuwalen]

i was more thinking something like sheridan style, little flowers and acantus leaves, really deep and undercut.