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post #46 of 80
7/10/07 at 8:19pm
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Rav could you give the type of leather you used, the type and the thickness of the foam ? How wide is the headband ? 4 inches ?
Oops, missed this post until now. The 'leather' is actually cheap(ish) immitation stuff, i think it was about £5 for a yard of it. The foam is just scrap foam that i had spare from packaging (computer parts probably). Width is about 4.5cm, and a little shorter than Kontai's. I just drew around the vinyl headband, widened it a little and then trimmed it down so the ends fit nice at the proper width.
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post #47 of 80
7/12/07 at 8:26pm
Just received mine and upgraded my SR80s in under 2 min with Kontai's excellent instructions, these things are really well made.. makes my 80s so much more comfortable and he had them to me in 2 days.

thank you!
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post #48 of 80
7/14/07 at 2:13pm
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Originally Posted by Rav View Post
Oops, missed this post until now. The 'leather' is actually cheap(ish) immitation stuff, i think it was about £5 for a yard of it. The foam is just scrap foam that i had spare from packaging (computer parts probably). Width is about 4.5cm, and a little shorter than Kontai's. I just drew around the vinyl headband, widened it a little and then trimmed it down so the ends fit nice at the proper width.
oops, missed your post too
Thanks a lot, I'll see what I can find for the leather. I'm not the best with my hands but that doesn't seem too hard and the mod is quite cheap after all.
There's a guy who restores leather jackets in town, I should ask him if he could do the stiching job...
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post #49 of 80
7/14/07 at 7:07pm
I'm going to head to the store tomorrow and buy some leather or some other material to do this on my new MS-1s that I received yesterday.
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post #50 of 80
7/14/07 at 8:09pm
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I'm going to head to the store tomorrow and buy some leather or some other material to do this on my new MS-1s that I received yesterday.
IME, leather is hard to find at brick and mortars stores, at least near where I live. Michael's sells some but it is too thick and the piece is too small. It is also VERY expensive.

When I was making and selling headbands here (before I got "shutdown"), I bought most of my leather on eBay from a seller called "fashionleathers". They occasionally list sample pieces for 98 cents (7 dollars shipped). They give you a 1 square foot piece enough to make two headbands.
An alternative is to go to a fabric store (eg. JoAnn's) and buy a square yard of vinyl uphostery. It kind of looks like leather and is quite cheap and seems like it would work well (never used it). Of course, vinyl doesn't compare to leather in terms of looks and feel and smell.

Let us know what you come up with.
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post #51 of 80
7/14/07 at 8:19pm
Darn, Michaels was the first place I was going to look at. I'll try looking at some other crafts places and fabric stores too, though.

I've also been thinking about cutting up this old leather bag I've had lying around for years that has been untouched for a long long time. I'll probably never use it again and it has quite a bit of usable material, so I may end up cutting it up and putting it towards a good cause.
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post #52 of 80
7/14/07 at 8:27pm
Not only does it look good, it looks downright comfortable. Once I get some Grados, this will be one of the first things I do. Now all I need to do is find some leather...
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post #53 of 80
7/14/07 at 8:29pm
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Darn, Michaels was the first place I was going to look at. I'll try looking at some other crafts places and fabric stores too, though.
Yeah, Michaels was the first place I checked during my intial R&D. The leather they sell is a rip off at $10 for a small square piece, besides being too thick.

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I've also been thinking about cutting up this old leather bag I've had lying around for years that has been untouched for a long long time. I'll probably never use it again and it has quite a bit of usable material, so I may end up cutting it up and putting it towards a good cause.
That's a good idea. I've also once considered cutting up a seldom used leather porfolio I have. However, I figured that I would regret doing so later, especially if I had to go for a job interview.
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post #54 of 80
7/14/07 at 8:41pm
I think I am going to go ahead and trim up that old bag. And just to be sure, you said that friction will hold the headband back into the plastic block once I'm finished? Because superglue is the one supply that I don't have right now but I want to do this tonight.
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post #55 of 80
7/14/07 at 9:01pm
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you said that friction will hold the headband back into the plastic block once I'm finished? Because superglue is the one supply that I don't have right now but I want to do this tonight.
Yes, IME, on both my MS-1 and SR225, the friction fit is so tight that you could go without ever gluing it.
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post #56 of 80
7/14/07 at 11:23pm
thanks

cool bands.
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post #57 of 80
7/30/07 at 11:11pm
just had to see this..

have a couple of simple ideas meself that I have been wanting to do for months but been too lazy and not wanting to spend the money.

great work, yawl did!
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post #58 of 80
8/10/07 at 3:41am
Thanks, kontai69. Excellent mod. You rock! I wanted to stitch mine as well to give it that professional look. I made the holes using my mom's sewing machine since I figured it'd be too tough to evenly space each hole to punch through with a awl. Then I stitched it with white kite string to give some contrast.

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post #59 of 80
8/10/07 at 3:45am
pics of my modded grados


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post #60 of 80
8/10/07 at 4:19am
Nice. Now dye the 414s!
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