Here is the third weekly blog post detailing our progress creating Amplification.

Overview

Week commencing 11th May
As you can see from Phil’s face and thumbs, this week went pretty well. We got a serious amount of the production sorted, resolved a few issues and generally got a lot closer to finishing the thing. My role was sourcing the advice and parts we’d needed, consulting with Phil and holding/shifting stuff as required, trying to find someone to document it and making coffee; all of which I did! Phil just cracked on, as he does, with the making!

The main thing that remained outstanding at the end of the week was the lack of the main stage / plinth, which was a nightmare as that’s what it is all constructed around. I was chasing like mad but it still hadn’t arrived by the Friday. Somewhat stressful.

Day by Day

11th May

• Researched and ordered flange bearings that could go on top of the platform
• Chasing plinth

 
12th May

• Spoke with Chris Keenan of Prime Objective about video documentation and he agreed to do it – yay!
• New flange bearings arrive and are tested
• Uprights polished and tweaked for use with new bearings
• Chasing plinth

 



 
13th May

• Welding; lots of welding
• Sent demonstration video and audio to Chris to check it was correctly set up for video – bingo!
• Chasing plinth

 
14th May

• Ordering more parts
• Chasing plinth

 
15th May

• Set up ear trumpets on stands, using retort stands to clamp; Adjust, repeat…
• First full mock up. Testing audio routing, via pipes through chair and into ear trumpets on stands. It only worked!
• Found new local supplier for nuts, bolts and other hardware. Great!
• Chasing plinth

As with last week, we actually did a lot more than that…including head scratching, coffee drinking and other actual work but sometimes we were too busy doing it to write it down ;)

To follow: Creating Amplification 4…