Construction!

I finally got my laser cut pieces. Costed me $20, not too bad huh.
I guess its time to rip out the uhu and glue it all together...

Oh, I wished it was that straightforward, I spent almost 2 hours trying to figure out where each piece goes and how my design would fit together. I also realized some miscalculations of the pieces, which meant I was going to get some of my pieces re-cut. However I managed to put the majority of my design together. 

Now it was the time for gluing.

Masking tape was brilliant to hold pieces together temporarily. It saved me a lot of time as I didn't have to spend ages to hold the pieces together manually while the glue dries.

The "eyelid" window can be seen clearly in this photo. It was placed there so that the steam from the spa could rise out of the window, without humidifying the rest of the building

Since I needed to go back and re-cut some of the pieces anyway, I decided to make a contour for my design since it's cantilevered feature was relevant to its surroundings.

Contours

Just the contours and the odd shapes costed $65. I made a crucial mistake when I was laying out my contour piece supports, which resulted in me suffering financially. Because of the way I laid out the supports, which were repeated shapes (the multiple crammed horizontal lines) I placed them with gaps in between, which consequently meant There was approximately 30% more cutting, hence I could of saved up to approximately $20 on laser cutting if I had laid them out side by side.

OK, so I learnt my lesson in laser cut positioning. I'm glad to have learnt this early on before I waste anymore money in the future.

After I had completed the contour construction it was time to put the two together.

Using a cup, a tissue box, a calculator and 2 wallets,  I managed to hold the cantilever up while the uhu glue was drying.

Almost finished ...