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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Etiennef" data-source="post: 3419461" data-attributes="member: 131307">Here is the "nearly final" result!  Some minor improvements for a second attempt, sometime in the future: 1. Find a better way to get the edges more even. Some lines can be cut straight, but some need to have perfectly smooth curvature to look straight when wrapped. An example of this is around the oculars (see second pic).2. Fix the logo so it is more flush with the surface of the leather. The previous logo was slightly curved. The new one I have is flat and slightly thicker. I don't plan on trying to bend it, but going over the back with a curved file could do a big difference. I also need a proper hole punch to get the circle in the leather perfectly even. 3. The winged eye cups are currently just pushed down over the old eye cups (see last pic). This is "OK", but they have a tendency to slip up or down. A proper cut out of the inside of the winged eye cups would probably eliminate this. A nicer option would of course be to go for my original idea and use old rubber eye cups. But then I need to come across such, or or just wait until I upgrade my other Trinovid.-Overall I'm pleased so far. I'm actually considering repeating the procedure with some other kind of leather. Both yellow and bright green could probably look good! <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite2" alt=";)" title="Wink    ;)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=";)" /></blockquote>

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