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Step 4 Assembly: Putting It All Together

Now that you've safely (laser or scissor) cut your shapes you can start assembling them.

Each panel has two types of tabs. Straight Tabs and Angled Tabs. As a general rule: like tabs hook up with like tabs. You should never be hooking a Straight Tab with an Angled one. Also, straight-sides always meet rounded ends.

1. Lay out gray (Rosco N.6) and white (Tough Rolux) panels and pair back to back (excluding panel with hole).

2. With gray and white panels paired back-to-back, interlock 3 straight-tabs in the center to create a pinwheel. Interlock the outer corresponding angled-tabs to complete a dimensional, three-sided pyramid.

3. Interlock rounded-ends of next three panels to straight-sides of pyramid.

4. As show below interlock additional three panels to the previous three. Again, each straight-side should meet each rounded-end and tabs should meet each like tab.

5. Construct another dimensional triangle. This time include the panel with a hole in the center. As before, connect straight-tabs at the center, and angled-tabs at the outer.

6. Interlock the second dimensional triangle anywhere on the peripheral of the construction thus far. So long as you join like tabs with like tabs and like sraight sides with round ends you should be fine.

7. At this point your construction should have a gentile curve to it. To complete the three-dimensional shape, connect each like tab with each like tab. Your completed shape should resemble a spheric-like-organic structure.

To install, simply remove the rear panel (the one w/ a hole in the center). Insert your bulb and re-interlock the panel with the hole fit around the screw socket end.