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Our awesome kids camera is bouncy and protected thanks to sugru :) yay &a...
Start by washing your hands then cut open the Sugru that you need to build the wall. Cut along the red line and then pull open the two sides of the p...
Once your have your Sugru out of the packet move it around in your fingertips to get it warmed up. You should do this for around 10 seconds. Once this...
First ensure that the surface you want to build on is clean. Next press down your sausage where you want your wall to sit. Make sure the bottom of the...
Next use your thumb and index finger tips to build up the wall from the base. Build your wall up from the bottom but keep a firm base so that your wal...
You can get nice square sides by pushing with your fingertips with both hands. Use your fingers to gently smooth the surface of the Sugru to get a shi...
Building the lens wall is probably the most important parts of the hack. You build the Lens wall the same as you would build any Sugru wall but it is ...
Place your first sausage round the lens ensuring the bottom edge is firmly stuck down. Turn on the camera so the lens comes out to ensure that your Su...
Once you have created a foundation with your first sausage, use your other sausage of the same size and place it on top of the foundation wall. Then b...
I found that when building the lens wall, it would sometimes grows outwards rather then straight, if this happens just fold over the walls and push to...
To finish your wall it is wise to strengthen the edge slightly as the lens needs a lot of protection. Fold over the edge slightly to give it a bit mor...
Now its just a case of covering the camera with enough walls so that if it is dropped from any angle it will be protected. These walls don't need to b...
When building your main walls their will be times where you may have some leftover Sugru. Don't just drop it in the bin. Look around the camera, searc...
When building your walls it is worth keeping in mind how a child would hold the camera and how your walls could perhaps help direct and enhance their ...
Because there are so many parts to a camera (such as buttons, dials, battery cases, etc) it is important that you do not cover them with your walls. M...
While constructing my camera I got a little carried away and didn't notice that I had built a wall covering the opening to the battery so I couldn't g...
There are a couple of nice finishing touches that can really make for some expert hacking. First add little bits of Sugru on the shutter button to mak...
Once your think you are all done and have left your final walls to cure for 24 hours (this time is necessary for an aggressive use hack such as this) ...
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