Since all of my parts were printed, I was able to tap all of the pieces for the connector rod to screw into. I then sanded the lower two parts of the wand to smooth out the rough edges, since one of them warped a little bit. I then set the two halves of the wand up in the makeshift stand and painted them. Once they were dry, I wet sanded some imperfections out and then did another coat of spray paint. The next step was using a black acrylic paint to rub into the wand, which gave it an aged look.
One thing I had not originally planned on including in my design was the white strip with markings (shown below). Bryan had the idea of printing it in black and white vinyl and adhering it to the wand, which I honestly think brought the caliber of the project waaaaaay up. We did a test with the vinyl, then adjusted the vectors in Photoshop and Illustrator to It actually looked like the real thing.
When everything was sanded, painted, and adhered to my approval, it was time to assemble the wand. Once again, Bryan was a HUGE source of guidance as he soldered the wiring together for the circuit. The tapped rods had to be shortened again to screw perfectly into both halves of the wand, so some superglue was needed to make certain we wouldn't have any problems going forward. As we wired it up, we did continual tests for the sake of testing. (God forbid we put it together and it didn't work!) The wand did indeed work, to my relief.
More pictures to come later! I'm so happy with how this project turned out. I don't think I've ever been so excited about a project (or worked harder on one, for that matter). Thanks again to my professor,
Bryan Cera, for the hours of help and words of encouragement during the course of this project.
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