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  Manufacture of a PVC photo box

  • By Tony Lombard
  • On 03/02/2019
  • In Facilities and materials

  To take beautiful photos of your zebrafinch, here is a photo box model to make yourself.
  
  1. Materials needed
  
  - White PVC panel, 5 mm thick.
  - PVC U-shaped slides.
  - PVC angles in L.
  - 1 ultra-flat neon with switch.
  - Trunnion Ø 10 or 12 grooved.
  - Silicone glue.

  2. Cutting the PVC panel

  
  - The PVC panel is cut to form a cube with the following dimensions: Length 38 cm, depth 32 cm, height 32 cm.
  - On a wall, a hole 6 cm in diameter (to be adjusted according to the lens of your camera) is made at the height of the future perch.
  - On another wall, an opening 10 cm wide by 12 high is made for the sliding door which will allow the bird to be introduced into the box.
  - Cut 1 door to close the hole which will be used to photograph the bird (example of dimensions for a 6 cm hole: 10 cm x 10 cm).
  - Cut 1 door of 12 cm x 14 cm for the opening that will allow the bird to be introduced into the box.
  - Cut a 10 cm x 10 cm square that will serve as a base for the perch.
  
  
  
  3. Gluing the slides
  
  - Cut and glue 2 guides (U-shaped angles) which allow the door to slide, which can block the Ø 6 cm opening.
  - Cut and glue 2 slides (U-shaped angles) which allow the door to slide, which will be able to obstruct the opening 10 cm wide by 12 cm high.
  
  

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