I changed my initial layers cut design. This draft has 5 layers and is pretty small. I plan to engrave circles or flowy lines onto each layers and make the whole thing bigger. Thoughts on using acrylic? Also did we figure out the best way to assemble acrylic layers?
I think acrylic is a great idea, although attaching layers of acrylic like this can be really tricky. The acrylic glue is clear but often leaves splotches inside. you might be better off finding another way of attaching them.
I think using acrylic would be a good idea. Depending on the transparency of the acrylic the other engraved circles or flowy lines that you mention could be on parts that wouldn’t be viewable if it was wood.
Hi Sameer! I think it might be cool to use acrylic! The only thing is I’ve had trouble gluing acrylics together because the glue can be really messy. This was just my experience though!
I like the idea of acrylics, maybe there is a way you could stylistically incorporate dowels in the acrylic instead of using glue?
Hi Sameer! So far as I know, acrylic cement might be the way to go? I’m still wondering myself. You don’t have to put glue on the whole underside, just enough to glue it. Another thing that I’m looking into is clear school glue. I’m unsure if it will work, but you might need to sand pieces down to create a porous surface. I wish you luck!
Hi! I like this new design, it reminds me of a speaker/boombox. To your question, I think any color or transparency of acrylic’s would be sick, I’m reading that glue can be difficult to attach through, maybe consider putting pins/dowels through the center of the 3 circles to clip/pin the layers together without glue?
I think trying it in acrylic could be cool. If you do decide on using acrylic have you figured out what colors you would use? Do you plan on having it all be one color or each layer being different?
I think colored transparent acrylic would look so cool! You would have to plan what order you would do them in to create the coolest effects, but it would look super cool!
what inspired the depth of these holes, i love the way it kind of reminds me of conversation circles