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This tutorial will go over the steps necessary in building an
ark of the covenant once you have acquired all your resin
castings, made your trip to home depot for the lumber, and
organised your carpentry gear.

ThE ARK DOES MAKE AN APPEARANCE IN THE
CRYSTAL SKULL!!! YESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS!!!!

lET'S START WITH BUILDING THE TRUNK FRAMEWORK. START BY CUTTING YOUR LUMBER TO THE
MEASURED SPECIFICATIONS. USE WOODSCREWS TO CONNECT THE PARTS. tHEN MEASURE OUT THE
BASEBOARD AND ATTACH THAT AS YOUR BOTTOM.

Next, CUT EITHER MASONITE, STYRENE, OR ABS AS SHOWN. tHE WINDOWS
SHOULD REVEAL THE BEVELED EDGE I SCULPTED INTO THE STORY PANELS.
ADHESE THEM WTIH A COMBINATION OF SUPERGLUE, ABS CEMENT AND EITHER
APOXY OR BONDO. tHIS CONNECTION MUST BE STRONG!!!! ESPECIALLY IF YOU
HAVE DESIGNS TO METALLIZE.

now join the sides onto the trunk. Screw
them down with 1/2" woodscrews, but also
re-enforce using silicon. Clamp the sides
down tight against the framework overnite.

Now we need to create the side posts. in addition to the solid castings, you
will need a section of 3" pvc. uSE THE V-CUTS IN THE FEET OR TOP RIBS
TO PROVIDE A GUIDE FOR CUTTING THE SLOTTED SECTION YOU NEED. THIS
SHOULD FIT FLUSH AGAINST ALL CORNERS AS SHOWN...

now detail the bottoms of each sotry panel using the bead trim. this needs to be
cut to fit. use superglue to attach them. trim the gallery rails on a belt sander.
The stave rings are cut sections of 2" pvc.

the lid, or "mercy seat" is a challenging
piece. each half needs to be trimmed
separately, joined, then sanded flush,
eliminating the seamline. This is the most
time consuming part of construction.

my next ark will use a vacformed lid
which will look the same, but be much
less troublesome!!

go indy!!!!

This photo represents gold
plated ark components. this
is not an easy achievement
and very very VERY
expensive.

i will continue this
tutorial using these gold
plated parts as samples.

The traditional method of gold metallizing requires that the parts be placed
into a metallizing chamber. this chamber cannot fit parts larger than 3 feet
in diameter which limits the process to the sides, the posts , the angles and the
gallery angels. the lid must be treated in a separate process. this sample uses a
custom painted lid.

If i needed the ark to be carried along by the staves, i would install a
custom shaped iron rod through the body connecting the stave rings.

The staves A.K.A. POLES, ARE BEDPOST RODS FOUND AT ANY HOME
IMPROVEMENT CENTER. they need to be customized by tapering and
grooving the ends using a lathe