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Welcome <Instructables User 72808332>! This test requires that you construct an Aperture Science Spatially Challenged Companion Cube. From scratch. With your bare hands.
Ha. Ha. Just kidding. You may use aluminum. But you must euthanize your cube upon completion. With your bare hands.
Ha. Ha. Just kidding. You may use aluminum. But you must euthanize your cube upon completion. With your bare hands.
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Signing UpStep 1An Aluminum Weighted Companion Cube
This project is a 8"x8"x8" aluminum replica of the weighted companion cube from the video game Portal.
I made this miniature aluminum weighted companion cube on one of the manual mills at TechShop San Francisco. All the staff were super amazingly helpful. Without their help, this project would never have been completed. Thanks guys!
While I can't recommend that anyone do this on a manual mill, as it was super labor intensive, TechShop SF does have a sweet CNC mill (Tormach PCNC 1100) and while you can't do large pieces on it, all these pieces are not large.
As a manual milling project, I did learn a lot about manual milling, but it took basically forever to make. CNC mill highly recommended. I did this project with almost no manual milling experience. That means you can do it too. Especially if you have help from awesome TechShop employees. But make sure to get extra pieces so you can mess them up and end up with a sweet box of scrap aluminum when you're done.
As I can't recommend this be made in this fashion, this is not really a guide on how to make this particular cube. It is more of a record of what I did, and some notes and files that might be helpful to anyone making a similar project.
I made this miniature aluminum weighted companion cube on one of the manual mills at TechShop San Francisco. All the staff were super amazingly helpful. Without their help, this project would never have been completed. Thanks guys!
While I can't recommend that anyone do this on a manual mill, as it was super labor intensive, TechShop SF does have a sweet CNC mill (Tormach PCNC 1100) and while you can't do large pieces on it, all these pieces are not large.
As a manual milling project, I did learn a lot about manual milling, but it took basically forever to make. CNC mill highly recommended. I did this project with almost no manual milling experience. That means you can do it too. Especially if you have help from awesome TechShop employees. But make sure to get extra pieces so you can mess them up and end up with a sweet box of scrap aluminum when you're done.
As I can't recommend this be made in this fashion, this is not really a guide on how to make this particular cube. It is more of a record of what I did, and some notes and files that might be helpful to anyone making a similar project.
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I want to build one so bad that I'm totally overlooking the fact that I have no access to a CNC machine.
So in roundabout figures, how much did it end up costing in all?
Also that doesn't include milling cutters that I bought just for this project.
so, it's a weighted companion cube... but how much does it weigh?
have you tested it to make sure it can hold down a 1500 Megawatt Aperture Science Heavy Duty Super-Colliding Super Button? i'm thinking you need to make one of those too, just to be sure. but remember to keep it in a safe place once you've finished it, as "the effects of prolonged exposure to the button are not part of this test."
Basically you use this weighted cube in the game to hold buttons down in big puzzles to try and get to the next stage. Look up Portal as it is one of the best games ever made
ha ha ha ha.....I don't think that's how it works
P.S. Christopher you are fantastic. This will definitely be my first project when I finish my DIY CNC mill