A quick step by step on all the fabrication for this box

Laser Cutting

Once I had all the files ready, I laser cut the various layers of the box with 1/8th plywood.

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Circuits

Next I soldered the circuits to go inside the book. At some point later, I realised I needed them out of the book, so there’s the entire circuit on the wall.

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Light and Button Modules

This involved soldering individual pieces as well as 3d printing the modules that hold them

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Making a page enclosure

Each page needed to be it’s own enclosure. This was mainly to hide the circuits to ensure there are no exposed wires.  Each page had 3 layers which were sanded and screwed together.

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Fabric Hinging

After testing with metal and fabric hinges I had decided on fabric hinges. So, after my yellow canvas arrived, I began binding the entire book. IMG_20170419_163119IMG_20170419_193236

Sticking the content

Since I couldn’t find sticker paper which I liked, I ended up getting some nice print outs and sticking the content to the wood with spray on glue.  ( I thought this would be the fun part, I was so wrong)

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Almost Done!

This is the current state of the book, I have some more fabrication that is incomplete. Additionally, there are small details I want to add, but this is it for today!

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