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Apr 27th Customized VSK Ultimate Vaja

With LED lit keyboard and built-in phone stand.

Lately, I’ve been thinking of many ideas to customize, improve, and add features to my harmonium. I recently came up with the idea of adding LED lights for the keyboard to assist in seeing the keys while playing in the dark. Although this wasn’t a much needed feature I felt it could have some practical benefits for some people and it definitely looks cool. After putting the lights in I realized I didn’t really like the look of my vaja (it was pretty old and worn out with plenty of cuts and scratches on the paint) and the wiring/LED setup didn’t look very nice either. So I decided to “clean it up” a little and make the electrical work more hidden. I figured while doing this I might as well customize the look of my vaja and give it a makeover. I went with my favorite black and silver theme, and tried to make it look more elegant too. There is no visible wiring, an easily accessible battery holder, and a push-button switch built into the wood. My last addition was a hidden iphone/PDA stand which rotates out when you need it. This was the result of my Spring Break:

What it used to look like:

The process and detailed pictures:

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May 28th VSK Clay Wallet

I wanted to make something out of clay, and I somehow came up with an idea of how to implement it into a wallet. I used silver clay to make 2 thin rectangular panels and etched a vsk pattern onto it, and then baked it. Then I made a duct tape wallet but used the two clay parts as the outside. The cool thing about the clay was that I can have whatever custom 3-D textured on the outside. It hardens into an almost flexible type plastic so its really durable.

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May 9th The VSK Signature Compact Card Wallet – For Sale!

After successfully selling the Ultimate Compact Card Wallet, I was inspired to make another card wallet. It couldn’t be exactly the same however, because I promised the buyer that they were the only one in the world who owned that wallet. Therefore I came up with another original design, very different from the last one. This can be the brother of the Ultimate Compact Card Wallet. It has 2 less slots than that ones, but has a large money pocket, a feature the last one lacked. This wallet is also a tri-fold, but opens horizontally, as opposed to the other one which opened down.

Features:

-Compact size
-2 Normal Card Pockets
-Central ID window
-Large Water Resistant Money Pocket
-2 Hidden Card Pockets
-Transparent Adhesive Coating
-Extra Strength and Durability -Holds over 20 Pounds! (see last image)
-VSK Signature logo

If you would like to purchase this wallet, contact me at vikramkhalsa@vikramkhalsa.com with your offer.

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Feb 22nd Air VSK Shoes

I had this pair of really nice Nike shoes, which I wore for a long time. Eventually they got extremely dirty, and even though I cleaned them nicely, some of the logos came off, the inside soles were coming off, and they were very worn out. I got another pair of shoes, but I never threw those away.

I remembered them a couple of years later and dug them out. I realized they still fit me, so maybe I could repair them a little. It would be a fun project and I would have a newish customized pair of shoes.

First I scrubbed them clean, inside and out. I also took off as much of the dirt encrusted on the bottom as I could. After that I covered them with white shoe polish and made them look new again.

Then I printed out my own VSK logos to replace the missing NIKE ones. I cut these out, gluing layer upon layer of paper under them to make them thicker. Then I laminated those pieces and super-glued them on.

I then ripped out the cloth on the inside, which was already coming off. After cleaning the padding under it, I got an old t-shirt and cut out the same sized cloth. Then I used rubber cement to stick the new clean cloth in place of the old ones.