I started off with my base of the model where I drew on the plan of where
the model would stand. I than used tracing paper palced it on top of the base
so I could get an accurate copy and use it when cutting the wood pieces that
would stick below and on top of the base.
masking tape to temporarly to hold in place. I than returned to mark where the rods
would go on the base and drew 1 x 1cm square boxes on the inside of the towers.
It was actually difficult to keep the rods in the same place on both sides of the tower,
so I had to keep a ruler on the base and draw a line all away across towards the other tower. This was difficult to do if the ruler was not kept straight or if one line
was already not straight and would draw on the next, as they all would be in the wrong
place, Also the masking tape was coming off easily so I had to use quiet a lot of it
so that when I took it to drill in the holes that it would not move out of place.
However before I went to drill anything I cut out another piece of wood and used the
tracing paper from before made a photocopy of it and than cut it up so I could stick
it onto the wood pieces that needed to be cut for the top part of the base where the
towers would be held in place.
I than went to cut off the access part of the wood where the perspex went behind
the rods. I went to drill the holes for the rods on the machine which was difficult when
the base was big and heavy. I tried to put as much of the weight of the wood on the
machine so it was easy to move around. Afterwards I tested it the rods would fit, so
I used the wood rod that was the same size as the clear rods that I was going to use.
I made a woood mould or more liek a stand so that I could place the flexy wood inside
and guide me when making the curve once the perspex was heated up. I placed the
perspex there in the machine for about 2-5 mins and tried to make sure that it would
not get any bubbles due to the heat.
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