FINAL SUMMARY

FINAL SUMMARY

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SUMMARY:

Total TIME : 3 DAYS

The whole model are very challenging as there are STRETCHING AND COMPRESS method

Where some places needed to control the limit modifying or else it will ripped open

Hard to control as defining a place will cause other part of the model to RESHAPED

As well as modifying curves can't just defined on ONE go

Repeat and Repeat

Modify and Modify

AGAIN AND AGAIN!

PROCESS

IMPORTANT OF CHOOSING THE RIGHT HAMMER :

It is IMPORTANT to Choose a RIGHT hammer to work throughout the model

After much experiment as well as help form tutors

Right HAMMER push the aluminium in shape quicker

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PUSH ALUMINIUM TO APPROXIMATE CURVE

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WITH A BIG ROUNG MOLD

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THEN WITH SMALLER MOLD TO DEFINE

MARK AND HIT WHERE ITS MARKED

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SMALLER MOLD TO COMPRESS

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SHARPER HAMMER WILL COMPRESS

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DEFINE TWIST WITH THIS PIECE OF WOOD

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HAMMER TO HIT WITH THE SIMILAR SHAPE AS THE TWIST

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HIT WHERE IT'S MARKED

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REACHING THE END

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HIT AT THE END TO CURVE THE SKIRTING

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MEASURE AND CURVE WITH HAMMER

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FLATTEN WITH THE END SIDE OF THE WOOD

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DEFINE WITH THE WHEEL MACHINE

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FLAT WHEEL TO FLATTEN THE FLAT SIDE

FLATTEN ANY LUMPS

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LIFT TO KEEP THE CURVE THEN FLATTEN AGAIN

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ROUND WHEEL COULD ROUND THE CURVE BUT FLATTEN OUT ANY LUMPS

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INTO FINALISING 

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HOWEVER FAILURE STILL HAPPEN

As hitter too much or stretching too much and end up ripped open

MEASURING MODEL

MEASURING ALUMINIUM SHEET SIZE :

Because of the Dome shape are too CONCAVE

It is impossible for aluminium sheet to bend into the whole shape

Therefore I have decided to do HALF of the the model in order for aluminium to bend into the shape

MEASURING :

Measured with a STRING in two dimension

Which could then flatten out and measure the LENGTH of the string

Then you could estimate the WIDTH + LENGTH of the aluminium

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CUTTING SQUARE :

After MEASURING the length + width

Flatten out the MARK the estimate length on the aluminium sheet

Then CUT the Aluminium Sheet in the big cutting machine by measured mark

By PRESSING the foot step to cut

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DEFINING SQUARE :

After CUTTING the Square

Shape could be DEFINED by marking Approximate Shape of the model

And cut with this TOOL

As a Big square are very DIFFICULT to work with

MODEL ASSEMBLE

ASSEMBLING :

It is very difficult as in FITTING every pieces together to form the whole model

As the pieces are too tight

SOLVING PROBLEM :

To Solve this problem INCREASE the thickness of the material you're using by 0.5mm

Then keep using 0.2mm thickness Plywood to laser cut

Therefore pieces will fit EASILY in-between 

LASER CUT PIECES

MESHMIXER :

The Finalised Model are been then imported into Mesmixer

Therefore it can be SMOOTHED the uneven surfaces out with the inflate tool

123D MAKE :

Then Model import into 123D Make to generate laser cut pieces

Preset all the material used and thickness

2mm thickness PLYWOOD

ILLUSTRATOR :

EDIT LINE STROKE with different colour

for different cut method

EG. LINE STROKES, CUT LINES AND ETCHED LINES

inorder for laser printer to detect and know how to cut

LASER CUT :

Open FILES and PRINT

with the laser cut machine