Final Details!

[kproche]

I took TDK apart into his 3 main sections to finish up assorted details:

Seatbelt end with grommets (one screw already in place) The seatbelt is so TDK will stick with me while my hands are busy manipulating assorted appendages. I took a too-short military belt that had lost its buckle, cut it in two pieces, and put grommets into the ends so I could screw it onto the base plate for the saddle.

Seatbelt other end, screwed in place The left end is shorter so that the buckle (a plastic latching buckle like for a backpack) will not be in my lap when fastened

Buckle!

Handle for inside of gun. That's a 1/8P lamp pipe union jammed into a piece of bamboo. It just screws onto the lamp pipe where it comes through the ball.

Tiki Torch gun handle, assembled

Bamboo handle for telescoping arm. The first handle worked so well, I scrounged around for more bamboo for the innner end of the telescoping arm assembly

inside of the arm handle... you can see the brass lamp pipe union buried inside it.

Arm handle screwed onto inner end of the lamp pipe.

Coconuts netted together Not only does stringing them side to side keep them from flipping over, it controls the raffia skirt so the shells stay on top of the raffia

netted coconuts, side view

All that's left now is the soundtrack!

Comments

[fairegoddess.livejournal.com]

Are you going to leave the gun box as unfinished wood? It seems a bit off compared to all the other textures you've got going on.

[kproche.livejournal.com]

It's mostly a timing issue, and I kind of like the wood. (The piece that made the front was one of the nicer grained sheets I got).

I'm trying very hard to not let perfectionism be the enemy of "good enough" on this project.

[feyandstrange.livejournal.com]

Oh, is THAT what was meant by netting the coconuts! Now it all makes sense. (And no, I wasn't thinking anything dirty, just a net full of coconuts. Really. Wow, there's just no way to make that not sound dirty.) Good solution!

[ladycelia.livejournal.com]

Will you pull some of the raffia over the net strings at all, or leave it with the strings showing?

[kproche.livejournal.com]

When I first put the raffia on, there was a breeze blowing, and it's so light and fluffy it completely uncovered the canvas! I'm afraid the same thing will happen as he's rolling along. If I had one more raffia skirt I'd consider trying a single layer loose on top to see how it looks.

[esprix.livejournal.com]

Brilliant. Will you be sitting down inside this thing?

[kproche.livejournal.com]

Yup. There may even be a loaner voice modulator coming for me

[esprix.livejournal.com]

Awesome! I would love to see you rolling around a con in that thing. Hee hee!

[lferion]

Wheee!

One thought, if it happens you have time, would be a very light stain/varnish/poly-seal on the gunbox, to keep the natural graining & wood-ness, but also give it a bit more finish.

[baronlaw.livejournal.com]

Excellent work, it looks great. How's the comfort level inside, do you have good speed "motivating" it so to speak?

[kproche.livejournal.com]

I have to get it out of the garage and into an appropriately surfaced room to try.