Project : Sors salutis -by AnG3L

[DonT-FeaR]

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[Yeticorn]

I like the design so far, +sub

[Luthien]

The pieces are all interesting, but it would be nice to see where it's all going.

[AnG3L]

Thanks Yeticorn
I wish I was good at 3d moddeling but unfortunately I am not so if you watch my previous worklogs this is the way I do it! I draw most of the designs on paper and next some 2d designs in Corel for the laser/cnc machines and the rest are in my mind!

[AnG3L]

After my failed "wood" experiments I told my self is the acrylic way now!
So I draw the designs in Corel Draw and send them over to my friend Chris to cut them with the
laser. While I was waiting I had to do some more work which proved fail again OMG!!
First I drilled some holes to attach the screws later, on the tube holders.
So far so good!

Then I start sanding the pieces. I was just sanding that piece, I was using any force then that happened!!! And its 5mm acrylic!

Also one of the tube holders broke in half too, but I tried to be calm and move on with some more work!

I drilled the holes for the leds on the bezel and the clear acrylic.

The next day my pieces were ready even though I didnt expected them so soon as the laser machine had some serious problems but thanks God they managed to fix it and here is the "acrylic way"!!!

I first filed and sanded each piece to get ready for the cement glue.

Then I used some clamps to hold the pieces together and carefully I glued them.

Here is the first piece finished and you might get an idea how is going to work as a side panel support.

All the pieces glued together. You might think "why the hell he didnt just cut 1 cm acrylic from the first place". The price of the 1 cm was 5 times more than the 5mm one so that way I saved my self 100 Euro. If I had the money though I wouldnt get in that trouble...

I dulled the pieces too for further gluing and painting.

Here I glued the 1mm acrylic on the supporter. As you will see in the photos there is a 5 mm space left to cover the sides of the front and back bezels.

First 2 side panel supporters finished.

More to follow guys, crazy designs, air ventilation in some original new ways etc!

Thanks for reading my worklog guys, till next time, peace!

[Luthien]

The pieces so far look great. I've got to listen to that opera. Maybe it'll give me an image of where you're going with the design.

[AnG3L]

You just found an easter egg bro!

[AnG3L]

Time for one more small update and I say small cause I faced some difficulties again
not something to be ashamed off but some experiments tend to fail sometimes!
First I finished bending and gluing the acrylic on the second side panel's supporters/hinges.

Then I marked them where I had to cut the excess piece.

Sanding time. In order to build the first compartment of this mod I had to sand the pieces first as I will paint some parts red later and also super gloss varnish them.

Here is a super macro shot of the first sanding process.

I made some mock ups of the windows out of white carton in order to mark the side panel afterward to be cut.

I marked the supporters first for the first and last window piece.

Cutting and finishing stages. I used a diamond disk which is the best for acrylic.

Some sanding and filing and here are the supporters finished! (for now! lol )

Thanks for taking the time to read my worklog guys, next update might be late due to Xmas etc. Till next time, peace!

[TheMainMan]

Looks good!

[AnG3L]

Thanks bro!