{"id":2388,"date":"2012-09-29T18:02:18","date_gmt":"2012-09-29T23:02:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.summet.com\/blog\/?p=2388"},"modified":"2012-09-25T13:06:48","modified_gmt":"2012-09-25T18:06:48","slug":"bubble-display-frame-trim","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.summet.com\/blog\/2012\/09\/29\/bubble-display-frame-trim\/","title":{"rendered":"Bubble Display Frame Trim"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Now that I have the electro-mechanical systems working, I am focusing on finishing the trim pieces for the frame that will hide the electronics and top of the tubes.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.summet.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/stained_plywood_panels_in_place.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.summet.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/stained_plywood_panels_in_place-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"Plywood panels stained dark mounted on the bubble display base\" title=\"stained_plywood_panels_in_place\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-2389\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.summet.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/stained_plywood_panels_in_place-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.summet.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/stained_plywood_panels_in_place-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.summet.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/stained_plywood_panels_in_place.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>This mostly consisted of notching a few slots in the pieces of plywood for the aluminum bottom pieces and cables to go through, and a day&#8217;s worth of work with a spray gun.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.summet.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/staining_plywood_before.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.summet.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/staining_plywood_before-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"bare plywood laying on a plastic dropcloth with an air compressor and spray gun\" title=\"staining_plywood_before\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-2390\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.summet.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/staining_plywood_after.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.summet.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/staining_plywood_after-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"stained plywood sitting outside drying\" title=\"staining_plywood_after\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" class=\"alignright size-thumbnail wp-image-2391\" \/><\/a> <\/p>\n<p>I had initially planned on using bright aluminum window screen mesh in a half tube shape over the top of the upright acrylic tubes, both to keep bugs out, as well as to give a nice visual appearance. But once I tried it out, I didn&#8217;t like the appearance, and couldn&#8217;t think of a good way to mount the ends of the screen cleanly. I am now considering using the old standby PVC pipe (probably painted some solid color with plastic spray paint). The other option is to buy a large clear acrylic tube (square or round) and use that in the same place. This would allow people to see the tops of the tubes (perhaps too well&#8230;it&#8217;s too bad McMaster doesn&#8217;t sell frosted acrylic tubes&#8230;) This is my current prototype:<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.summet.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/top_cap_prototype_45_view.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.summet.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/top_cap_prototype_45_view-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"using a 2&quot; PVC tube (cut lengthwise) as a prototype top cap\" title=\"top_cap_prototype_45_view\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-2393\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.summet.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/top_cap_prototype_45_view-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.summet.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/top_cap_prototype_45_view-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.summet.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/top_cap_prototype_45_view.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Now that I have the electro-mechanical systems working, I am focusing on finishing the trim pieces for the frame that will hide the electronics and top of the tubes. This mostly consisted of notching a few slots in the pieces &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.summet.com\/blog\/2012\/09\/29\/bubble-display-frame-trim\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[109],"class_list":["post-2388","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-projects","tag-bubbledisplay"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.summet.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2388","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.summet.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.summet.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.summet.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.summet.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2388"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.summet.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2388\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.summet.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2388"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.summet.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2388"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.summet.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2388"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}