Finishing touches

now that everything was beginning to come together i started to add the finishing touches to my base. After hours and hours of sanding, I finished it with wax and glued the electronics into place.

I sandblasted the glass plate that had the missing jug recess as a back up incase the new one didn't arrive in time.

There were still problems with the glass tray so I had to quickly start on plan B. making it out of plastic. With the help of technician Roddy, who I have to thank so much, in two days we managed to get a tray made. On roddy's advice I used clear polystyrene as it is a more elastic material and better for vacuum forming. The mould was made from mdf. Although I had to get rid of some of the design features like the pouring edge, i was able to add a ridge at the base of the tray so it would sit better in the recess.

After three tries we managed to make one suitable enough to use. With lots of hours more sanding and polishing using turps it was ready.