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Published: 2007-03-24 02:50:50 +0000 UTC; Views: 42816; Favourites: 1732; Downloads: 879
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Description
Not an astrolabe.
Process:
The "Cosmolabe" was made of layered brass sheets:
I did the designs for the markings in Illustrator, printed them out reversed and inverted on a transparency from a laser printer, ironed them onto the brass (with judicious use of a sharpie for clean-up) and acid etched them with the circuit board fluid you can get at Radio Shack. Then I cut out the pieces with a jeweler's saw and filed them smooth. The permanently fixed pieces were riveted together using small brass brads.
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Comments: 384
Wow, impressive. DO you have the image template you used ?
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Oh yes, they are all Illustrator files.
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Note me if you are willing to share ? Thanks.
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Sorry, but it looks like there's a company that's interested in doing replicas, so I can't give out the artwork.
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I wouldn't be using it for commercial purposes - a visual aid for a RPG I run for my friends . All I really need is a jpg of it.
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Yeah, I could do that, if you mean a pic of it all assembled. I can't get the files until I get home on the 21st, though. Email me a reminder, would you? (iisaw@sti.net)
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No I didn't. I had a massive computer failure just a couple of days ago and I lost a lot of stuff, probably your email, too. Did you send it to iisaw@sti.net?
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Yes. I can send it again. Hope your computer is working again ?
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Now then... does it do anything
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Oh yes... all the bits move. Haven't managed to open an interdimensional portal with it yet, though.
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wow, that looks great. Something else to learn how to do someday... XD
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A truly stunning piece. The detail work is amazing. Congratulations!
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this is amazingly beautiful i love how you put so much thought into the details and the scripts in this piece
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yes, thank you for sharing. Brilliant.
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That's truly amazing work. Thank you for sharing your process with us as well!
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Incredible detail! What are its measurements?
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It's about six inches in diameter and a bit under a quarter inch thick.
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Wow... amazing detail indeed.
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Really, very well done! It looks like an old relic of some sort, but yet it isn't!
Ver good job!
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What's it say by the way? Or is it just scribbles?
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It does say stuff... tell you the truth I've forgotten what, exactly, but one of the text circles on the back is my signature.
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Holy fuck. You MADE this with your bare hands? Holy FUCK!
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