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Step 2Prepping the Juice Box
So, in order for us to take pictures through our juice box, we need to cut two squares in it, one on each side of the box. The large square will function as a frame for the exposures taken, and the smaller one for the pinhole.)
Measurements are very important at this point, so follow the old carpenter's mantra: Measure twice, cut once. (And the new carpenter's mantra: X-Acto knives are hellas sharp!)
One square needs to be 24 millimeters, and the other 6 millimeters.
First, measure and know the dimensions of your juice box. Yoo-Hoo boxes are nice, because all the dimensions fit pretty nicely in the metric system-- the width of the box is 4.5 cm across.
Now, we're using 35 mm film, so the width of the film is (quite obviously) 35 mm, and half of 35 mm is 17.5 mm.
Grab your sharpie and make a mark exactly 2 cm (20 mm) down one side of the box. (20 mm is slightly larger than the bare minimum of 17.5 mm, and allows a little room for error.) This mark should also be in the middle of the container (4.5 cm across divided by two = 2.25 cm from one side). Make a little cross (a plus sign) here. (See first picture.)
So now you have the center of where your large square will be. Since we need our square to be 24 mm, measure 12 mm in each direction (up, down, left, right) from the point in the first picture, making the lines that make up the plus sign 24 mm. You now have a bigger plus sign.
After this, make the plus sign into a square by drawing sides.
Grab your X-Acto knife and (very carefully) cut out this square. You don't need the square anymore, so pitch it or what have you.
The next square needs to be 6 mm, and on the opposite side of the box. Use the same "20 mm from the top and in the middle" logic to make another point- it should be exactly above where your previous point was. Instead of making a 24 mm square, we're making a 6 mm square, so draw 3 mm in each direction- up, down, left, and right. Complete the square and cut it out just like the larger one.
Also, if your box has been sitting around for a while, now might be a good time to clean out all that old Yoo-Hoo. Few things smell worse than spoiled, warm, coagulated chocolate drink. Yum.
Measurements are very important at this point, so follow the old carpenter's mantra: Measure twice, cut once. (And the new carpenter's mantra: X-Acto knives are hellas sharp!)
One square needs to be 24 millimeters, and the other 6 millimeters.
First, measure and know the dimensions of your juice box. Yoo-Hoo boxes are nice, because all the dimensions fit pretty nicely in the metric system-- the width of the box is 4.5 cm across.
Now, we're using 35 mm film, so the width of the film is (quite obviously) 35 mm, and half of 35 mm is 17.5 mm.
Grab your sharpie and make a mark exactly 2 cm (20 mm) down one side of the box. (20 mm is slightly larger than the bare minimum of 17.5 mm, and allows a little room for error.) This mark should also be in the middle of the container (4.5 cm across divided by two = 2.25 cm from one side). Make a little cross (a plus sign) here. (See first picture.)
So now you have the center of where your large square will be. Since we need our square to be 24 mm, measure 12 mm in each direction (up, down, left, right) from the point in the first picture, making the lines that make up the plus sign 24 mm. You now have a bigger plus sign.
After this, make the plus sign into a square by drawing sides.
Grab your X-Acto knife and (very carefully) cut out this square. You don't need the square anymore, so pitch it or what have you.
The next square needs to be 6 mm, and on the opposite side of the box. Use the same "20 mm from the top and in the middle" logic to make another point- it should be exactly above where your previous point was. Instead of making a 24 mm square, we're making a 6 mm square, so draw 3 mm in each direction- up, down, left, and right. Complete the square and cut it out just like the larger one.
Also, if your box has been sitting around for a while, now might be a good time to clean out all that old Yoo-Hoo. Few things smell worse than spoiled, warm, coagulated chocolate drink. Yum.
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Dec 22, 2008. 9:35 PMthx0138
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Vintage Vinyl is awesome.
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Dec 23, 2008. 12:18 AMoatmealfight (author)
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Concurred! Very much so.
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Feb 15, 2008. 12:14 PMRazboz
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I may have fallen in love with your jacket.
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