hey I'm Lawrence from Iwood cosplay
today I'm going to show you guys how I
made these so the first thing you need
is your pattern your needles your blades
of course your sharpie and your blade sharpener
you're going to need various thickness
of foam as well I'll have those all in
the description down below and of course
contact cement and a chip brush to put
them all together
I'll start by transferring the pattern
onto the foam like so with the sharpie
I'll carefully trace the pattern out
I'll do that for the other side as well
there you have it
always make sure your blade is sharp
before cutting foam these curved edges
could be challenging but with patience
you can get it down you want to make
sure the blade is 90 degrees throughout
the entire cut here I'm going to remove
my first cut and then begin my second once
again sharpening my blade before I begin
once you're done the pattern should look
something like this so this next part is
in the instructions of the pattern but
if you're like me and prefer a video
here's how you do it
you take the ridge pattern position it
into this corner of the foam and it down
and then mark this end
now I'm going to do the same thing for
the other end once I've made my mark I'm
going to come back with a straight edge
making sure the edge of the ruler lines
up with the marks I've made earlier
really holding down the ruler I'll cut
the strip out like so the strip is
supposed to represent the width of the
gears but in this case it's a little too
short as you can see this isn't too big
of a problem we just have to do the
strip again on the long end of the foam
instead. here I'll share with you a
technique in how I make long strips here
I'm using a six feet steel ruler so
what usually happens is the ruler begins
to shift as you cut the strip all I'm
doing here is clamping down one end to
prevent that from shifting so I've
already cut the two strips of foam who
needs I'll do now is pinning this piece
of foam to this corner and then rolling
it along the edges to determine the
total length of the strip which you will
see is twenty six point five inches
so when you actually go ahead and make
this pattern you can just cut out 26.5
inches and your top circumference should
be okay
however if you want to scale the kind of
up this is a technique you'll have to do
now I'm gonna do the same thing for the
inner circle so here I find that the
inner circle is sixteen point five
inches long so once I have my two strips
cut I'm ready for the heat seal the foam
and then apply my contact cement so here
I'm just using a wooden board as a base
because I don't want to warp my new
cutting mat here I'm just pre curving
the strip to make assembly easier
downstream to make the gear I'm going to
apply the contact cement to this edge of
the foam and onto this side of the
strip after you apply the contact cement
give it a minute to dry before putting
them pieces together because of the
nature of the foam you're going to have
some push and pull when assembling
this this is going to cause a slightly
longer strip on one side which is not a
problem so you can always come back and
trim it off like I'm doing right now now
it's time for the inner circle now this
is going to require a lot of patience
watch as I struggle to put this piece in
this is actually really hard because you
don't want to strip to make contact with
gears at any place you don't want to
okay so I'm gonna stop you right there
because after few minutes of editing
this video I realized I what I should
have done is I should have started with
the inner circle first before doing the
outer circle this was saving a whole lot
of trouble and hopefully you guys will
not do that alright it's not the end of
the world it's just a whole lot harder
once again you're gonna have a little
overhang just trim it off like so
and there you have it now to save you
and I some time I've already cut the
next few pieces with the laser cutter
the kit comes with everything you need
to put the gear together you can check
it out in the description down below now
this piece is very important in my
opinion because it determines or serves
as guide for the ridges on the gears now
to apply this piece on to the gears I'm
going to use my favorite spray adhesive which
is the Loctite 200 I'll have that in my
affiliate link and the description down
below give it a shake and evenly spray
it in both sides in which you wish to
put together
fan it out for a second and then
you're ready to apply carefully place
the side gears onto the gear
making sure these ends line and then
firmly press the two pieces together now
we're going to position the gears like
so starting from one end we're going to
mark where the ridges are so that we
know where to apply the contact cement
once you're happy with your position then
apply the contact cement to both
surfaces and there you go once you have
all the ridges on you should have
something that looks like this now you
just have to put this detail on the
other side so when using the spray
adhesive
sometimes the edges tend to lift off
just like in my bakugou tutorial just
come back with some superglue take care
of this okay that's it with this build
just heat seal it with the heat gun
Plasti Dip it hit with some red and you
should have something that looks like
this so here I put some battle damages
on it that's completely optional I'll
have that in the next video if you guys
want where I'll have it on a card
somewhere right there let me know in the
comments down below if you have any
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bye
