.: week 11.composites and joining :.
Visual ornaments for electric cello
Milling molds on the ShopBot:
Finished molds:
A single mold:
Setup for casting:
Material poured:
A plastic cast (after sanding):
A rubber cast (before trimming):
A test composite with stretchy black fabric and SmoothCast 326 + black pigment:
Fabric sewn onto complex curved part:
A bunch of them:
Super big thanks to Natalie for teaching me how to sew. How domestic I am!
All of my pieces after compositing. I should have hung the pieces so one of the edges didn't flatten out. This poor foresight led to slightly uglier parts and a whole-lotta sanding.
Epoxy setup for attaching composites to wood:
Composites on the cello body:
