Thursday, December 01, 2011

Making the prototype

       


It started with a block of wood on tuesday - after turning it, a lot of sanding and a final polish, it is ready to be vacuum formed.


I then realised, the two pieces cannot be joined to each other, so after looking around on wednesday, I came across a hamster ball - which offered a solution for my problem - a screw joint.
Surprisingly, it took me almost a whole morning to figure out how to recreate that in my sphere. I ended up attaching a few layers of paper sheets on the bottom of the sphere to make some space for the other half to slide in. I know it doesn't look perfect, but it's a step forward.
   

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