Acrylic Trophy

When you open up the plan, you will see that there are actually 3 canvases. Canvas 3 has the parts list and generalized instructions. For full instructions on assembly of the trophy itself, please see aparksdesign plans at https://www.atomm.com/project/55760-trophy?utm_source=Social_Share  For instructions on the assembly of the lid, read step two. 

This was a genius design and I absolutely loved it. I was looking for something to make for a local fishing club for their year end trophies and these fit the bill perfectly. I made a few changes though besides making it from acrylic instead of wood. That being said, it was cut with the P2. CO2 is recommended for clear or transparent acrylics so I can't see this being done on a different machine besides the P series. 

First and foremost, the lid. Included with this are plans for a lid. It is multilayered and easy to assemble and will fit right into the top of the trophy. I would imagine that it would work just as well for the wood version as it did for the acrylic version. I did make the handle on the lid overly large, but you could adjust that if you wanted to.

The second major change was the height of the legs. I wanted this trophy to be taller so I adjusted the height to accomodate that. 

Third change was the addition of the handle thickener. All I did was create a second piece that could be added on top of the handle to “thicken” it up making it feel more durable and stable. 

I did design and cut with traditional tools a solid wood base for the trophies I wanted. That is why in the 2nd cover picture you see a different base. However, I did create a trophy originally with the base that was initially included. It still worked so I left that plan in and it is located on canvas two.

To adhere the acrylic together, I used a combination of double sided adhesive paper from Dualtite from laserwoodsupplies.com and SCIGRIP 16 - Fast Set Clear, medium bodied solvent cement for acrylics from Amazon. 

Also, you will notice that I have two different colors for cut pieces. Red is standard cut of acrylic pieces and purple pieces are ones that have double sided adhesive paper on one side. 

If you look at the picture attached to this step, you will see the parts of the lid and how it is assembled. 

Basically you take the circle from the cap of the cup and attach it to the bottom of the lid, which is the biggest piece. Flip it over so that the adhesive paper side is facing to the lid. You then attach the next piece on the opposite side of the largest piece and then the smallest piece atop that. Note that the largest piece and the handle are the only two pieces that do not have double sided adhesive paper on it. You can ensure they all line up correctly by running the handle of the lid through the rectangular holes in the center of each piece. Once the handle is all the way through, take one of the tiny rectangles that was cut out of the center of one of the lid pieces and insert it in the hole at the bottom of the handle. This will lock the handle to the lid pieces. Use a drop of SCIGRIP to adhere the tiny rectangle to the bottom of the trophy lid and around the hole it is inserted in to make it a strong grip and not have the handle come off. 

This was such a fun project. I hardly ever do remixes but this one was definently worth a try and it turned out great! Thank you to aparksdesign for the great plan!

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