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The giant koosh emerges
Jul. 6th, 2010 01:55 amI finished the koosh core yesterday. Now I just have to fill it up with noodles.
It's so simple, really. Here's how each of the 12 modules is filled up with noodles:
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First, the noodles have to be prepped. I worked really hard to get per-noodle work down to the absolute minimum.
The prep for each noodle takes around 30 seconds and ensures the noodles stay in place by securely attaching a string to one end.
It's good that it only takes 30 seconds because I have to do it 276 times. I do not handle repetitive manual labor very well. I have to fight utter boredom with a good audiobook. I dug my own grave on this one by thinking up this project. :-)
The noodles are then stuffed into the holes according to my coloring diagram.
Here's a more interesting-looking module. In order to ensure that the noodles bow out at the appropriate angle, the bundle of noodles is tightened together using a ratcheting tie-down, which provides the temporary compression necessary to attach a giant 48" zip tie. Once the zip tie is on, the ratcheting tie-down is removed.
Finally, the string attached to each noodle is threaded with wooden dowels to ensure that someone playing with the koosh can't yank a noodle out.
Here's a few hours' work:
There's now a giant unfinished mass of project dominating my living room. It sits there behind my head as I type, ever-present, waiting to taunt me again with its massive unfinished-ness.
It's so simple, really. Here's how each of the 12 modules is filled up with noodles:
---
First, the noodles have to be prepped. I worked really hard to get per-noodle work down to the absolute minimum.
The prep for each noodle takes around 30 seconds and ensures the noodles stay in place by securely attaching a string to one end.
It's good that it only takes 30 seconds because I have to do it 276 times. I do not handle repetitive manual labor very well. I have to fight utter boredom with a good audiobook. I dug my own grave on this one by thinking up this project. :-)
The noodles are then stuffed into the holes according to my coloring diagram.
Here's a more interesting-looking module. In order to ensure that the noodles bow out at the appropriate angle, the bundle of noodles is tightened together using a ratcheting tie-down, which provides the temporary compression necessary to attach a giant 48" zip tie. Once the zip tie is on, the ratcheting tie-down is removed.
Finally, the string attached to each noodle is threaded with wooden dowels to ensure that someone playing with the koosh can't yank a noodle out.
Here's a few hours' work:
There's now a giant unfinished mass of project dominating my living room. It sits there behind my head as I type, ever-present, waiting to taunt me again with its massive unfinished-ness.
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