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Step 3Preparing the butterfly
My bride has given me the cloth of her wedding dress to make the wings of the butterfly correspond to her dress. But here we just use a plastic butterfly. You have to cut the wings a little bit at the base to get them as pliable as possible.
She tried to stiffen the cloth using textile glues or something, but the results were not too good. She copied the dress butterfly design on transparent sheet and that was perfect, see pictures. The transparent sheet is also bending quite well.
Reassemble the butterfly.
Glue some wires (thread, the best is transparent fishing thread) to the middle of the wings, these wires will go to the lever of the servo motor.
I have put some glue on top of the butterfly, between the wings to get the wings standing right up. This is all a bit experimental and your butterfly can ask for other solutions.
Make the perspex about 1 cm high and give it half the length of the butterfly. (Also depending on the size of the servomotor.)
She tried to stiffen the cloth using textile glues or something, but the results were not too good. She copied the dress butterfly design on transparent sheet and that was perfect, see pictures. The transparent sheet is also bending quite well.
Reassemble the butterfly.
Glue some wires (thread, the best is transparent fishing thread) to the middle of the wings, these wires will go to the lever of the servo motor.
I have put some glue on top of the butterfly, between the wings to get the wings standing right up. This is all a bit experimental and your butterfly can ask for other solutions.
Make the perspex about 1 cm high and give it half the length of the butterfly. (Also depending on the size of the servomotor.)
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