Chris Tsutsui
Screenwriter
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as promised: My build process site The panels are cut, site explains all.
The shape is a frustum pyramid in which I might add a pyramid to the top to make it an obelisk for cosmetic purposes.
Panels will be of finished maple, top will be brushed aluminum, bottom will be white laquer.
It is a Tempest adire aligntment re-formed into the custom shape, going in the room in the picture which is 10x10'. Being built with the aid of a professional contractor friend at his wood shop. Edges will be lock mitered for air tight seal, glue, and then caulked. Pre-laminated maple sheet for sides grain up/down, costing $80 for 1 sheet.
The box will be finished next Sunday when I have the time to work on it (school). For now the panels rest in it's form in my room next the lonely driver. :frowning:
Links are on site to the designs, I made 2 cad drawings to aid in build. One of the finished boxes will be sold for only $150, while the maple one goes in my room. We will keep the templates in case we want to build more.
Special notes: We bought 3 sheets of A-grade MDF at home depot and it wouldn't fit in my 4runner. So we had to transport 3 sheets via walking and cart across the street to the shop. (we J-walked) In case you didn't know, a full sheet of dense MDF weighs roughly 100lbs, multiply that by 3 and picture 2 skinny college boys j-walking across a 2-way socal street.
There was enough sawdust to half fill a barrel because of the router we used. We accidentaly ran MDF with screws in it through an industrial drum sander. (which now has small grooves). doh
The bandsaw bottom rubber belt broke when making the maple legs so we had to special order a new one, and use a different bandsaw.
Other than that, the build went smooth, in and out in about 4 hours. All that's left is assembly, hole cutouts, and finish.
Wish me luck, I'll post again next sunday when i'm finished.
The shape is a frustum pyramid in which I might add a pyramid to the top to make it an obelisk for cosmetic purposes.
Panels will be of finished maple, top will be brushed aluminum, bottom will be white laquer.
It is a Tempest adire aligntment re-formed into the custom shape, going in the room in the picture which is 10x10'. Being built with the aid of a professional contractor friend at his wood shop. Edges will be lock mitered for air tight seal, glue, and then caulked. Pre-laminated maple sheet for sides grain up/down, costing $80 for 1 sheet.
The box will be finished next Sunday when I have the time to work on it (school). For now the panels rest in it's form in my room next the lonely driver. :frowning:
Links are on site to the designs, I made 2 cad drawings to aid in build. One of the finished boxes will be sold for only $150, while the maple one goes in my room. We will keep the templates in case we want to build more.
Special notes: We bought 3 sheets of A-grade MDF at home depot and it wouldn't fit in my 4runner. So we had to transport 3 sheets via walking and cart across the street to the shop. (we J-walked) In case you didn't know, a full sheet of dense MDF weighs roughly 100lbs, multiply that by 3 and picture 2 skinny college boys j-walking across a 2-way socal street.
There was enough sawdust to half fill a barrel because of the router we used. We accidentaly ran MDF with screws in it through an industrial drum sander. (which now has small grooves). doh
The bandsaw bottom rubber belt broke when making the maple legs so we had to special order a new one, and use a different bandsaw.
Other than that, the build went smooth, in and out in about 4 hours. All that's left is assembly, hole cutouts, and finish.
Wish me luck, I'll post again next sunday when i'm finished.
