Hexable Blog

The back projection film saga: part 1

hexable — Fri, 11 Sep 2009 14:19:56 +0000

We used IFOHA digiline contrast back projection film. Which had teething problems; to begin with, we forgot to peel away the protective film, but once we got that sorted, the film adhered perfectly, no bubbles.

Early fluxus touch tests

hexable — Fri, 17 Jul 2009 12:54:18 +0000

Using tracing paper for the back projection surface.

Folding the beam

hexable — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 05:32:47 +0000

Assembly day

hexable — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 10:23:01 +0000

Fixing the LED ribbon

hexable — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 01:01:57 +0000

Table top arrives

hexable — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 17:00:27 +0000

Hexagonal table top

hexable — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 09:30:51 +0000

Ordered the tabletop to be cut out of 18mm MDF from the CNC workshop people

Table base

hexable — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 11:59:16 +0000

After an insightful conversation with my good friend and furniture designer Andrew Stafford, we agreed that we should first attempt to build a prototype, to test the technology and the design concept. So without the need for design refinement, I set about building the simplest (and cheapest) framework for the surface to sit on.

Plexiglass arrives

hexable — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 10:58:08 +0000

8mm Endlightened XL plexiglass made by Evonik. Cut from a huge sheet, which left us with enough material to make another one!

K2 acrylic fabrication

hexable — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 14:19:23 +0000

I ordered the Endlightened plexiglass from K2 today, with a PDF of the cutting guide, and specified the cut edges had to be polished to let the LED side illumination in.