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Brickworkz LEGO mosaics : Clientz : The Pollards: Mount up!! Mount up!!
I went out tonight to get the parts. Tired of not getting anything accomplished and being so close to the finish line, I visited Lowe's here by my house, and figured out on the spot what kind of bolts/caps/washers/spacers to get. I made it all up in my head, standing in front of the cabinets there at Lowe's. It took a while to noodle things through, but I came home pretty happy. The bolt combo will separate the glass from the mosaic by about 1½". This is going to be great! Oh, and I should mention here that while I want glass on top, I don't want it to overhang the base -- at least not while mounting or removing from a wall. Getting to the base around a big plate of glass will be next to impossible... So, my solution to this problem is to create the base with four bolts protruding. The glass plate will then slide over the bolts, and caps will screw on. It can then be set up, taken down, stored, moved... all with the glass plate separate. Posted by Brian Korte on October 20, 2004 Previous: « Congratulations, Jeff and Olivia Pollard! | Home | Next: Bring on the Base! » CommentsAlrighty then. Talk about results. Ask and ye shall see animation. Pretty nifty if you ask me. Can't wait to see the completed frame now. Am I to infer that you have to recreate the entire mosaic because of how you are gluing the baseplates to the maple? Or do they simply lift apart? Posted by: Anonymous on October 21, 2004 4:14 PM Actually, I'm going to skip a step and keep the LEGO's attached to the baseplates when I mount them. The trick will be keeping everything straight, because once the epoxy hits that plastic, I'm going to have a limited amount of time, and while one plate might look square, it'll look WAY off when the other plates attach and it's not plumb, dead-on-balls accurate. Posted by: Brian on October 21, 2004 5:33 PM |
