Companion Cube!

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!

"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.)

Everything starts with a plan... Well, not really. I only drew this up when I realized  how tricky the corners were going to be...

Main 3"x3" box with 5 of the 'bumpers' made

Bumpers places on cube

Finished Bumper

Each Bumper made of three pieces (1 3/8"x 1 3/8", 1"x 1 3/8", and 1"x 1")

How they will fit together

Bevel guides drawn and open corners sanded off

Glued together. Ready for sanding

Ditto

Round 1 bevels done on the sander. These are easy as they are all perpendicular to one of the original planes.

Ditto

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. 

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. 

Pink lines painted with the help of blue painters tape. No, my hand's not that steady. 

Done and ready to be incinerated! (Wait, WHAT!) 

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!