More First Iteration Of Incandescent Project.

Process of the folddown desk, focusing on the hinges. I got some sapele for the hinges that will contrast with the plywood. These shots show the color that pops out of wood after it is milled down. The top shot shows the 3 piece sapele hinge stock. Also shown is the miter plywood box that will form the crossbeam of the desk.

Day one: LED and paper project. Phone opera house, projects sound and light. Collaborator: Brian Drake (I'll miss ya buddy)

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Table Design sketches. Much of sketch credit here goes to M. Baxter.

Iteration 2: thick "pages" step base which could house electronics, lengthened bay to fit iPhone form factor. Plastic, on/off, and charging discussed as future directions.

The products of today's brainstorming on Prince Lab storage/space use. 

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Pictures of a dry fit of the table, and the fracture that kept me from gluing. I was considering doing some finishing of the plywood (wood bleach) and sapele (more sanding) separately, and when a hinge fractured during a careless dry fit it convinced me to hold off on gluing. In this table's near future is a hinge repair inlay, sanding and I think some tung oil.

Conclusion of the LED light project. I had concluded maybe before the last post that the auto wake up function from the iPhone would not be a feasible option without more electronics however I still wanted a charger in here to power the LEDs and provide a nice acoustic dock for dearest iPhoney-MciPhone. The build went along the lines of contact cementing the glass sheet to plywood, then epoxying the contacts to the underside of the glass. In retrospect I think I would opt to place a few globs of epoxy along the length of wire, rather than slathering all of it. I think a few globs might have looked cleaner. Next I took the plunge and opened up my iPhones cable, then soldered it back together but with the LED bug on the 5V line. Then is was just wrapping my precut Mylar sheets around my electronics and contact cementing those to the glass. I finished up with gluing in a small wooden support sanded to level the charger with my phone's 30 pin slot with a case on. Dark tests show desirable optical and bending effects similar to the paper models.

Divider storage in action.

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Print project. "Client" request: something that prevents pencils from falling to the bottom of her bag. Solution came in the form of magnetic pin on bag (with decorative seal backing) and a ring on the pencil to hold another magnet. After a few prints we got just the right dimensions to fit magnet and pencil, then epoxied in the magnets. Also made a ring for a dry erase marker because the screws on the whiteboard of our storage unit are magnetic.