We had the brilliant idea of purchasing a table top CNC engraver and custom engraving our Escape Velocity enclosures. While the result was gorgeous, it was so fucking expensive and time consuming I couldn't believe it.
The mill had to be slowed down enough so we weren't breaking bits, but then the enclosure took 45 minutes to finish. Then, we only got about 5 enclosures finished before a bit would break, and the bits were like $35 a piece. This is after it took me about two weeks to figure out the cad/mill program and got it calibrated to work properly and make it repeatable.
So, I decided that with the relaunch, we will be doing away with the engraved enclosures for now. Maybe some time in the future it will make sense, but right now I'm more concerned with good design and reliability than engraving.
Here's what it looked like:
I actually have the last one listed in the BST forum if anyone wants a piece of Wattson history. We only made a very limited quantity of the engraved overdrives, so there aren't many out in the world.
All that being said, I'm really excited about the aesthetic direction we are moving toward. Can't wait to share with you guys!