The primary structure stands 8 feet tall and nearly 4 ft wide. This page explains it's construction, painting, pullies, and ropes.
CAD design - render
From our concept review meeting we recieved feedback about changing the well from a more traditional looking well to an 8 foot tall object with alternating clear and opaque panels. To make the cylinder more contructable we decided to approximate it as a decagon. A render of the CAD model is shown to the left.
CAD Design - drawing
The drawing and dimensions from the model are shown to the left. All wooden parts are 2 by 4s, all brackets are 1/8" aluminum, the opaque panels are gator board, and the clear panels are 1/8" polycarb.
Construction
The well structure was built by first buidling the decagon rings at the top and the bottom. Then the vertical two by fours were added when the structure was laying on it's side. Next the cylinder was split into two halves, and the remaining gator board was screwed on.
Then the stucture was taken outside and painted a light gray.
Then it was spray painted with textured black, grey and light grey spray paint. Finally, the polycarb panels were screwed on.
Pullies and Ropes
The pullies were attached on with a Ubolt, and 0.5" diameter rope was run through them. Hot glue attached the rope to the electromagnet, and an overhand knot on the other end made sure the rope did not slip back through the pulley