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Making Diary
27) Using the router, I cut along the edge of
the lid part to corner off the edge in order for
the lid to smoothly pivot without catching on
the base of its slot.
31) I borrowed some resistance bands from
the gym and tested them on my product. The
best band to use was this green therabond
as it fit well and allowed for suitable
resistance.
28) Both the panel parts need 3 holes drilled into 29) Using a junior hacksaw, I sawed the 30) Using the lathe, I faced off each face of the
aluminium rods to give them a smooth and flat
them at varying sizes. The hole at the bottom is aluminium rods down to their necessary size. surface for quality purposes.
for the ball pushing rod (16mm forstner bit), the The drawback of the junior hacksaw is that it
central hole is the pivot hole (10mm) and the leaves a sharp rigid edge to the aluminium
highest hole if for the lid lifting rod (10mm). I tube once cut.
used a pillar drill to drill these holes.
The other varieties of resistance 33) After they had dried, I used some filler paste to go
bands. However, all the over any crevices that there were in the wood. This is
resistance bands were too long 32) I applied a coat of white paint to each part of my essential so that the when I apply the final coating of
to fit round the jackal trainer. prototype and left it to dry over a period of 30-45 minutes. I paint, there are no faults and the product looks quality.
then had to go over each part to check for any faults.
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