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Paul Hutchison

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Dec 24, 2016, 12:13:03 AM12/24/16
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I've posted to the list about this before, but I've finally added the finishing touches to my build of this fantastical piece of modern magic (a gift for my wife):




Gavin has a bunch of PCBs made up for a workshop next year.

Paul

Jason Ball

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Dec 24, 2016, 12:37:57 AM12/24/16
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Nice.. Very nice...


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devastatorbadman

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Dec 24, 2016, 2:53:32 PM12/24/16
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Looks great Paul.
Fantastic effort.
The whole thing is really tidy.

James

Gav

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Dec 27, 2016, 12:04:46 AM12/27/16
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That's simply amazing Paul! The joint looks great, and the grain is brilliant. 

How did you find behaves visually it with the recessed strip and the narrow frame? The background here is I'm still tossing up wether to make more of a 'box' than a frame for mine. A box excludes more room light, but is more complex to make. Whatever way I do it seems to require slightly more woodworking skills than I have to pull off nicely. 

And for anyone that's interested, we'll definitely be running a workshop on making your own in the New Year. 

Cheers,
Gavin 

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Paul Hutchison

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Dec 27, 2016, 3:50:41 PM12/27/16
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It still works fairly well. I'm sure it could be further tuned, and I added a knob to control the electromagnet duty cycle which I think helps a lot.

I think the benefit of a narrow frame is that it's instantly recognisable as a piece of art, but it also makes you take a second look when you realise there is no glass or back. Having said that, the effect is substantially clearer when there is less ambient light.

I'll bring it to the space on Thursday night at around 7pm if anyone wants to take a look at the final product.

Paul


On Tue., 27 Dec. 2016, 4:04 pm Gav, <the.mechat...@gmail.com> wrote:
That's simply amazing Paul! The joint looks great, and the grain is brilliant. 

How did you find behaves visually it with the recessed strip and the narrow frame? The background here is I'm still tossing up wether to make more of a 'box' than a frame for mine. A box excludes more room light, but is more complex to make. Whatever way I do it seems to require slightly more woodworking skills than I have to pull off nicely. 

And for anyone that's interested, we'll definitely be running a workshop on making your own in the New Year. 

Cheers,
Gavin 
On 25 December 2016 at 06:53, devastatorbadman <devastat...@gmail.com> wrote:
Looks great Paul.
Fantastic effort.
The whole thing is really tidy.

James

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Jason Ball

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Dec 27, 2016, 4:46:58 PM12/27/16
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It's still a stunning affect.   I may have to build one for the new house and have some lenghs of red ceder hidden awwy....  possibly enough for this. 


J.

On 28 Dec 2016 7:50 AM, "Paul Hutchison" <pa...@pcdev.co.nz> wrote:
It still works fairly well. I'm sure it could be further tuned, and I added a knob to control the electromagnet duty cycle which I think helps a lot.

I think the benefit of a narrow frame is that it's instantly recognisable as a piece of art, but it also makes you take a second look when you realise there is no glass or back. Having said that, the effect is substantially clearer when there is less ambient light.

I'll bring it to the space on Thursday night at around 7pm if anyone wants to take a look at the final product.

Paul


On Tue., 27 Dec. 2016, 4:04 pm Gav, <the.mechatronics.guy@gmail.com> wrote:
That's simply amazing Paul! The joint looks great, and the grain is brilliant. 

How did you find behaves visually it with the recessed strip and the narrow frame? The background here is I'm still tossing up wether to make more of a 'box' than a frame for mine. A box excludes more room light, but is more complex to make. Whatever way I do it seems to require slightly more woodworking skills than I have to pull off nicely. 

And for anyone that's interested, we'll definitely be running a workshop on making your own in the New Year. 

Cheers,
Gavin 
On 25 December 2016 at 06:53, devastatorbadman <devastat...@gmail.com> wrote:
Looks great Paul.
Fantastic effort.
The whole thing is really tidy.

James

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Brett

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Dec 31, 2016, 8:37:25 PM12/31/16
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Yes, couldn't agree more, that's a stunning build. 

On Wednesday, 28 December 2016 08:46:58 UTC+11, agronaught wrote:
It's still a stunning affect.   I may have to build one for the new house and have some lenghs of red ceder hidden awwy....  possibly enough for this. 


J.
On 28 Dec 2016 7:50 AM, "Paul Hutchison" <pa...@pcdev.co.nz> wrote:
It still works fairly well. I'm sure it could be further tuned, and I added a knob to control the electromagnet duty cycle which I think helps a lot.

I think the benefit of a narrow frame is that it's instantly recognisable as a piece of art, but it also makes you take a second look when you realise there is no glass or back. Having said that, the effect is substantially clearer when there is less ambient light.

I'll bring it to the space on Thursday night at around 7pm if anyone wants to take a look at the final product.

Paul


On Tue., 27 Dec. 2016, 4:04 pm Gav, <the.mechat...@gmail.com> wrote:
That's simply amazing Paul! The joint looks great, and the grain is brilliant. 

How did you find behaves visually it with the recessed strip and the narrow frame? The background here is I'm still tossing up wether to make more of a 'box' than a frame for mine. A box excludes more room light, but is more complex to make. Whatever way I do it seems to require slightly more woodworking skills than I have to pull off nicely. 

And for anyone that's interested, we'll definitely be running a workshop on making your own in the New Year. 

Cheers,
Gavin 
On 25 December 2016 at 06:53, devastatorbadman <devastat...@gmail.com> wrote:
Looks great Paul.
Fantastic effort.
The whole thing is really tidy.

James

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Terry Dawson

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Jan 12, 2017, 1:15:10 AM1/12/17
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Wow, that's a great project Paul.
I love your frame.

Terry




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Paul Hutchison

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Jan 21, 2017, 5:18:14 AM1/21/17
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I've just published an Instructable for this build in case anyone is interested in the nitty-gritty:


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