Studio 4 Journal, Week 7

This Week:

• Chiseling the Sphere
• Latex Moulds
• Cement Pouring
• Electronics Assembly

Chiseling the Sphere - Forming an angle is the most complex step to this part. I decided to use a chisel to achieve this, simply because it would take just as long as setting up a machine to do so.

 

Latex Moulds - I went through and covered the rest of the parts in latex. For the top part of the sphere, I needed to coat inside of the channel and also, the outside. I made up some boxes to pour plaster in, then press the latex mould in with the MDF parts to support them. this way when I removed the MDF parts, the latex will be supported for pouring cement.

Cement Pouring - Pouring the cement went well. I'm not so sure about the mould that I made for the top part of the sphere. Time will tell how well it has turned out.

Electronics Assembly - Just soldering up the parts. Attached the buttons and switches. Mounted the LED strips and placed them in their housing. The usual parts are here, with shrink-wrap to cover the wires and the 3D printed parts which I designed to house my switch and button.