Medusa - Trailblazers Home School https://trailblazershomeschool.com Young minds blazing the way forward! Fri, 12 Apr 2024 11:41:53 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9 https://i0.wp.com/trailblazershomeschool.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/cropped-favicon.jpg?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 Medusa - Trailblazers Home School https://trailblazershomeschool.com 32 32 215281283 Medusa Mirror project https://trailblazershomeschool.com/medusa-mirror-project/ Thu, 11 Apr 2024 10:07:09 +0000 https://avxpro.org/?p=331 What did you do for the eclipse? Me, I was outside cleaning a mirror. Seems only right to be working on Medusa during an eclipse. It was crazy. Some large bird started screeching for like 15 minutes straight. Definitely spooky. https://avxpro.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/solar-eclips.mp4 And I’ve backlit it with the eclipse for customer approval. i’ve decided to finish the piece regardless. I can’t easily describe the machines I’ve had to build / upgrade… new techs I’ve had to learn to bring this to life. so this piece is a triumph for me. If the customer doesn’t like it due to print issues, no worries, I’ll make another for her and finish this one for myself.  Hell, I might even hang it in the shop in place of my AVXpro sign. 4/9/2024 apply vinyl Always good to get Zilla back on the wall. My shop is small so it’s really hard to work around the machine while it’s down. I haven’t seen my workbench for awhile. It’s a good to see it again! You like my sexy legs? Oh yeahhhh 😛 I’m going to heat the mirror: so I’ll elevate it off the table with these M5 nuts.  (I don’t need it high). And some cotton over the nuts to prevent scratching. I ran out of vinyl 🙁 BOO!!! Not really worth turning the iron on if i don’t have enough to complete the job… So I covered it with plastic, ordered the stuff I need and hopefully it’ll be in tomorrow. 4/10/2024 apply vinyl New stuff came in ontime. Fake it till you make it…. This… SHOULD… work…. Mirror cracked from the heat It was my fault, not the process. I got complacent and stayed in one area too long. Crack runs pretty far out, breaking off two corners. This is less than ideal but not a dealbreaker. Customer wants the mirror cracked in the end result, so the more cracks the better. Problem is: I’ll have to figure out a way to flip a large mirror that is no longer structurally sound. I’ll figure it out later. vinyl is in place, bonded good. Now to just remove the clear shiny backer and good to go. Shit. I’ll admit. I was cussing. It was like the glue between the clear and the vinyl was way tougher than it needed to be.  Vinyl stretched and delaminated from the mirror. Now what??? Can I laminate by touching the iron directly to the vinyl without the clear protection? Yes. Yes I can. But I’ve got to be careful. Ok. I can do that. I can be careful. And done! Looks good. 4/11/2024 Flip, hit, and repair.

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