Finished
switched the fluorescent lamp out for an LED version. Sheet metal bend around a wooden frame. Wooden top and bottom lids, and one transparant disc, all made with a router. The plastic came from a lcd screen which also had several sheets of thin plastic which came in great use as filter for the bright light.
I had a turntable (lazy susan style) from an old dispay that fit just underneat, so it can be rotated.
Dropshipbob wrote:
What would you say is the thickness of the wall of the tube...thick enough that the whole thing could be filled with water?
I would be thick enough to fil with water, provided the bottom is glued/caulked. But it would make it very heavy.
Outer diameter:30 centimer
Inner diameter 29 cm.
Wall thickness 5 mm inner.
Height: 88.5 cm
Weight: 10 kilogram
Building time tube: two weeks on and off.
I have made the 3 rods and bolts for the side but they didn't came out as nice as I wanted (wood instead of plastic/metal) Some goes for the round bend at the top. I haven't thought up yet how to make those parts.
Oh and maybe suspend the facehugger in the tube with fishing wire.