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Made a little more progress. Made a pincer and both shoulders. Had to re-think the arm pieces. The first iteration just wasn't working for me. I was trying to make truncated cones glued directly onto the next cone's bottom disk. It seemed sturdier to make the cones longer, then overlap them into a hole in the next cone's bottom flap. So, I re printed arms and started assembling them.
I also had an idea for the clear dome. I had a whole box of clear plastic sheets. I think they were for overhead projectors at one time. I cut the dome pieces from the plastic with flaps and all. Just as if they were paper. One caveat, the super glue kinda made the top edge a little cloudy. I think I can polish it out though. Any hoo, here are some pics:
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Build's looking good. Superglue is a pain for clouding clear items - it's the fumes it gives off. Like the pincers, very convincing.
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A plastic polish or even toothpaste may work to clear up the dome. Or perhaps just dip it in a floor wax like Futura.
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Before you go to the trouble of polishing the cloudy area out, give the acrylic floor wax Future a look Cory.There have been several things done with Future here on the forum. A simple dunk like rmks2000 says sounds like just the ticket.
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Check out Crafter's Pick The Ultimate glue next time you want to join some plastic to itself or another material. It works very good in joining a bunch of different materials.
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Thanks for the advices!
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Work let us go home early to prepare for the hurricane. Got a little bit done before I turn in. One arm down, one to go.
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Very nice work!
Please stay safe... hope Matthew doesn't wreak too much havoc in your area! Alan |
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I hope you are keeping safe in Florida.
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Stay safe Cory. Where are you in Florida anyway?
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