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Posted on March 4, 2018

Now that I know the pickups work properly, and that I have a plan to create the sound sculpture, it’s time to produce multiple pickups. First steps are to prepare for spooling. I used solvent to glue the two layers of flatworks together, then I glued the eyelets. Afterwards, the next step is to glue […]

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Posted on March 4, 2018

For the midterm, students must present the progress of their work. For the occasion, I assembled the metallic structure frame. I also prepared slides to explain my process, and also to show the amount of work necessary to build. I also created a detailed isometric illustration of the cabinet. I also created an exploded view, […]

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Posted on February 21, 2018

This is reading week and I have been quite busy! After being frustrated with many unsuccessful spooling attempts, I took a trip all the way to Abra to purchase some copper wire with a thicker gauge than the one I had. That was indeed what I needed to move forward! During my unsuccessful attempts, I also […]

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Posted on February 21, 2018

In order to move forward with the kinetic cabinet, I chose spend time drilling holes in the brackets instead of spending more time grinding. What’s really nice is that the metal shop has a milling machine with which you can position the drill bit to the thousandth of an inch! The brackets being quite long, […]

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