BEIL0014 Digital Making Project 1 : The Blister - Week 5

This is week 5 process (The Blister)


Preparation material: Aluminum sheet, Template of blister shape

Step 1: Preparation 

Two sheets of wood templates should be clamped together so these two sheets bolted together (2 options: bolted may come through the metal sheet or not). Firstly, Loosely tight bolted and then you need to put the metal sheet between 2 sheets of wood templates like a sandwich. After that tight bolted as much as you can when you put the metal sheet in the centre. 

Step 2: Hammering from centre to side until getting the blister shape. 

It is a pretty much final step to get the blister shape. I started to hammering from centre to side. In centre part, you should keep hammering until the metal sheet becomes curve shape. Once you get enough deep curve in centre of blister.  You can move to the side part. In the side part, you should get a wood template which has a sharp shape in the head. Stand the wood template on every side of blister hammering to the wood template to get a line. After that, you need to keep hammering until getting the smooth surface. 

Step 3: Hammering on the edge to get a natural shape   

Once you reach to smooth surface, you need to focus on the edge. The edge part is the hardest part to get a shape of blister because it is so narrow to do hammering. Therefore, you need to find something to put on the edge. Hammering until you get the nice and neat blister shape. You need to repeat step 2 & 3 to reach a beautiful shape. 

Final product:

  

BEIL0014 Digital Making Project 1 : The Tray - Week 4

This is week4 process (The Tray)
This is group work (Work with Chen Li)

Preparation material: Aluminum Square sheet, template by laser cutting, wood (templates)

Step 1: Making wood template & Sanding wood template as fit on radius (30mm)

Using template which provides from a tutor, Draw radius (30mm) each side on wood template. Then Using sanding machine to cut it. If you want to get more smooth curve line, Using small sanding machine after sanding roughly. 

Step 2: Mark on aluminum sheet & Cut as radius 30mm every edge. 

The size of wood template is 180mm x 90mm so I decide to give 10mm each side on aluminum sheet(200mm x 110mm). Using steel pen to mark outline of tray on aluminum sheet. After that, Cutting aluminum sheet by outline, and sanding corner of it because it makes smooth curve line.   

Step 3: Hammering until getting tray shape & Sanding corner of tray. 

It should be held by 2 wood templates like a sandwich. (Caution: It should be tight to hold as much as you can. If not, the aluminum sheet is going to slide to down while hammering). It need to do hammering as smooth (not powerful). After that sanding every corner to make a flat.

Final product:

BEIL0014 Digital Making Project 1 : The Torus - Week 3

This is week3 process (The Torus)

Preparation material: Aluminum Square sheet

Step 1: Roll the circle shape with the stump and do hammer weakly to get centre curve shape.

Step 2: When aluminum sheet has got shape of curve in the centre, you can do Hammering to get along the primary curve.
Tips - Do not hammering powerfully, It gonna be crushed and hard to fix it.

Step 3: Using English wheel and Shrinker / Stretcher tool to get reverse curve and make smooth line on the surface.

Step 4: Checking curve radius and repeat 2 & 3 until you get the better radius 

Final Product