Final Assembly

 Finally with all the components ready it was time to assemble everything for the last time. this included wiring up the electronic components as well. It was quite fiddly to get everything in place and tightening everything to the right tension while running the cables though and soldering the connections.

 Once everything was in place I used dobs of liquid nails to hold the circle halves together. I didn't want to overload the liquid nails in case I need to open it back up for any reason. I left it to dry overnight with weights on top to ensure I got a tight bond. 

As it turned out I did need to open it back up the next day. When I tested the lights again they had stopped working and I reluctantly had to decide how I was going to open it back up. Coincidentally the earlier problems I had with the bonds on the copper rings breaking became in my favor as I was able to squeeze the inner ring out to re solder the faulty area.

Once I finally had the lights working again it was time to join the base and install the tech pack into it. The top of the base is a piece of copper that the touch mechanism is attached to. As this piece of copper didn't require any bending I was able to leave its protective film on so that it keeps its original shine.

Half of the base is hollow to house the tech pack that is quite big due to the touch mechanism. Although it does give the base some extra weight. The earth cable is soldered onto the copper plate through the hole to allow it to be the switch.

Finally I screwed a piece of painted MDF onto the bottom to allow a bit of extra depth for the tech pack and also to give the structure a bit of elevation from the table. I also covered the base with black felt to make it sit nicely on furniture and conceal the screws used to connect the base.