Globe Box (HW 4)

So the ideas for this project have been brewing for a while now. I started around the time of the second homework with some tests around filling laser engraves with paint. I started by just seeing how I should go about it by doing some tests. 

So the second picture was a engraving on the laminated side that I painted black then sanded off the laminated layer. So with this knowledge, while I was waiting for paint to dry during my third project, I made another test piece. 

So with this I did a similar process of cutting it, then painting it black, then sanding off the top layer. 

For the color on the top layer I used a paper towel wetted with paint to kinda glance the color onto the top layer. (this process I stumbled upon when I accidentally brushed some color on from a dirty paper towel) 

So from all this, I decided to do a kind of cube globe for the 4th project. I started off by designing the box using the teething method from Ryan's videos. After I had the box made I looked up a bunch of different globe projections to fill the faces. 

Using this website ProjectionWizard I sectioned off the globe into 6  sections and saved the pictures. Then I imported the cut sheet from F360 into Adobe Illustrator. Using the faces as rectangles to fill I inserted the images into the faces of the boxes. 

Then using tracing mode I converted the images into a black and white file to cut using the Zing. The cutting process takes a about an hour and a half to finish. After it finished cutting I test fitted it and it fit great. 

Next was the painting process. 

I started by painting the background a darker blue based off my teal recipe from my tool box. While the blue was drying I did my best to wipe off the blue on the longitude and latitude lines with a paper towel, being careful not to break the lines I pass perpendicular to. After the blue dried I used a small file to remove the blue from the faces of the continents. Then inspired from Erica's laser printed stamp I decided to paint the white on the lines and continents by dipping the pieces into a small layer of white paint. I used a small piece of cardboard to touch up the spots that the paint didn't stick to and then let it dry. I finished it by using a fine grit steel wool to smooth off the faces of the continents. 

The hinge. 

So after cutting the piece I wanted it to be a box that I could open. So I sanded down one corner of the boxes hinges. It was at this point I realized exactly how I was going to attach it. I found the smallest pilot bit I could find and used it to drill into the hinge flaps. Then I threaded it with a fine gauge spring I found to act as a hinge for the piece binder style. It worked out surprisingly well. For future projects I'll consider the hinge more in the design process. 

So after I painted the inside white I glued it all together and the piece came out wonderfully. 

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