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: