{"id":229,"date":"2011-01-05T13:24:37","date_gmt":"2011-01-05T12:24:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.anyma.ch\/blogs\/research\/?p=229"},"modified":"2011-01-05T13:36:26","modified_gmt":"2011-01-05T12:36:26","slug":"videobass2011-material-testing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.anyma.ch\/blogs\/research\/2011\/01\/05\/videobass2011-material-testing\/","title":{"rendered":"Videobass2011 – material testing"},"content":{"rendered":"

I’ll be building two videobasses this year – a red one and a green one – for renown video artists Angie Eng<\/a> and C\u00e9cile Lacombe<\/a>.<\/p>\n

I’ll try to document the process a bit better than last time… So here we go.<\/p>\n

The bass will be again constructed from plywood and plexi, but i might go for a see-through design for the body. To be able to achieve round corners on the back of the instrument, I’d have to glue the glass directly on the wood. A first test with Forbo contact glue seems quite promising:<\/p>\n

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But plywood and plexi don’t have the same thermal properties and I’m not sure if the glue will hold – or if the plexi cracks – when there are changes in temperature. Let’s put this to the test.<\/p>\n

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I built the green round head, and after a night in freezing weather outside, I put it in the oven at 40\u00b0 C for around 30 minutes….<\/p>\n

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In the oven<\/p><\/div>\n

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In the oven (close up)<\/p><\/div>\n

Looks quite good. No cracks, back glass still holds…<\/p>\n

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Now it is going into the freezer…<\/p>\n

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Update<\/h3>\n

After some hours at -20\u00b0 Celsius and half an hour at 50\u00b0 C back in the oven – still no signs of fatigue. Nothing has moved. I’m quite confident that the instrument would survive a trip to Mombasa in the baggage bay of a 747.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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