How to Build a Wiremap

Step 11 Setup

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Take your four boom bases and place them so that they are just outside the footprint of your foam core. Clamp a C clamp at the same height on each boom. You also want most of the c clamp facing inward for the foam core to rest on it.

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Rest your foam core on the C clamps. You'll want to orient this the correct way - the mapline on the opposite side of the projector. Also, the faceplate with the tick marks on it should be facing the floor.

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Now, use your needle to thread all your threads through all three plates.

When you're finished threading, we need to separate the bottom plate out. Unclamp and untape the plates from one another. Use those four clamps to clamp further down on the dowels to support the bottom plate. This should be about 4 inches above where all your wires end.

Bring all three pieces of foam core down to the bottom C clamps.

Bring the top two pieces of foam core back up to the top.

Rethread any string that came out of the bottom plate.

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Tie off the bottom ends of the threads with more nuts and bolts (to weigh it down).

Now, measure everything! Use your level to make sure the plates are level. You'll also want your strings to go straight up and down. One good way to see if your strings go straight up and down is to tie a nut to some extra string and to let it hang next to a thread in your wiremap (image 5). Compare those lines; they should be at the same angle. If they're not, move your plates around until they are.