Those who know me know I'm a huge Portal fan and have been for... oh, almost a year now. And with some free time on my hands, I decided to make my own companion cube!
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"The Enrichment Center reminds you that the Weighted Companion Cube will never threaten to stab you and, in fact, cannot speak." |
It came out a lot better than I expected actually.
Here are some WIP shots (not the whole project, unfortunately, as I did not always have my phone/camera on me while I was working.)
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Everything starts with a plan... Well, not really. I only drew this up when I realized how tricky the corners were going to be... |
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Main 3"x3" box with 5 of the 'bumpers' made |
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Bumpers places on cube |
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Finished Bumper |
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Each Bumper made of three pieces (1 3/8"x 1 3/8", 1"x 1 3/8", and 1"x 1") |
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How they will fit together |
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Bevel guides drawn and open corners sanded off |
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Glued together. Ready for sanding |
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Ditto |
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Round 1 bevels done on the sander. These are easy as they are all perpendicular to one of the original planes. |
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Ditto |
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Bumper finished. Round 2 bevels require me to sand it without using the sander plate as the corner triangles and large diagonal bevel aren't perpendicular to any large planes. |
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After making the 12 'edge clasps' (each of which which are made out of 2 small pieces of wood) and the center 'buttons' (1 1/8" dowel cut into 6 quarter inch disks on the chop saw and sanded) it's ready to paint and assemble. |
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Pink lines painted with the help of blue painters tape. No, my hand's not that steady. |
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Done and ready to be incinerated! (Wait, WHAT!) |
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It's not too big, obviously. Here it is by my computer. |
Sorry I left out a few steps. The hardest part was the bumpers, so at least that covered. If anyone wants to make his/her own, let me know and I'd be happy to share more details.
Later!
