Top plate for shoulders aligned on shoulder base to drill holes for lamp pipe struts
|
 |
Shoulder assembly
You can see how I had to add extensions to put the lamp pipe into. but it turned out both light and rigid. |
 |
Assembled (naked) TDK frame
|
 |
braided reed for the neck rings
|
 |
Braided reed to make the neck rings from
|
 |
Hole drilled in foam-filled coconut
The holes will be used to net the shells together over the raffia skirt |
 |
Foam-filled coconut shell with the excess foam sliced off the back
|
 |
Box full of foamed and drilled coconut shells
58 of them (2 spares). That's 232 holes! |
 |
Eyestalk pivot mounted on dome wheel
|
 |
Assembled eyestalk pivot
|
 |
Eyestalk ,mechanism in the raised position
|
 |
Eye stalk mechanism in the lowered position
|
 |
Bamboo handle for the eyestalk, pulled down to elevate the stalk
The spring in the background is holding the dome at the correct height pending the installation of the pneumatics |
 |
Bamboo handle for the eyestalk/dome mechanism
|
 |