Recent content by Dennis B

Here's a photo of the final product. (Sorry, I seem to have forgotten how to embed a photo...)EDIT: updated the photo.

So, ultimately here is what I did:Built a dome form (two half-circles of plywood, notched so they would interlock at a 90-degree angle) Cut an arc from plywood as a bending form Heated PVC and bent it around the bending form. Once I had a complete circle I placed it on the dome form. Did this...

That is very cool!

Instead of a free swinging rotor, how about putting it on a lathe and carving it like a bowl? !! (Care to wager on the velocity of the outer edge?)

Thanks for all the great suggestions! (I was looking for email alerts of responses before I came back...just figured out that I'm not getting them. Oops!) I'll look into the West System. I have never priced out fiberglass, so will have to see how that fits into budget. I had another suggestion...

I've been asked to design a rolling set piece that contains a 4' half-sphere, part of a fairy throne (imagine a hollow ball, sliced in half vertically, with the front face removed). The "shell" needs to be fairly thin, say 1-2 inches, and it rests on a wagon. I'm stumped figuring out the best...