Friday, March 06, 2009

The final fitting

Each module consists of 15 blades, the seven blades on each side of the 'spine' blade are fed onto 18 stainless steel tubes which are fastened to the spine blade. Each blade is separated with a nylon washer, the last blade is secured with bolts that thread into the tube.

A perfect fit!
The mirror surface of the aluminium creating the appearance of transparency, ideas for future work appear. In time the aluminium surface would dull with oxidization unless it was endlessly polished, but...



Once the pieces are welded the welds are ground back, the bolt holes in the external blades are counter sunk and all sharp corners are removed in preparation for powder-coating.

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