BEIL0014 - Digital Making

Task 1: The Bowl Task 2: The Torus Task 3: The Tray Task 4: The Blister

This task required us to utlize CNC machined templates of teardrops to create a blister shape form using a metal sheet.  Step 1: Preparing the templates and material So the first step was to cut out the CNC templates that were given out using a jigsaw power tool (which I was unfortunately unable to take pictures of) and then smoothen the inner edges with a router power tool (which again didn't take pictures of). After that we cut out metal sheets to use for the template and the end result was as such: Step 2: Forming the shape With the material tightly secured between the two templates, it was time to then start forming the blister form shape using various mallets and cutouts to achieve the best finish. Step 3: Finishing After the intended form and shape was achieved, I decided to trim the excess material using tin snips, which were measured by etching out a cut out using a scribe. Then I began sanding out the edges using filers and san

For this task we were expected to work in pairs to create two halves of a tray, assuring that they are aligned almost perfectly. Step 1: Cutting the material The dimensions for our tray were 180mm x 180mm with a 10mm excess for the lip of the tray. These were all marked on by scribes and cut out using the guillotine machine. Step 2: Cutting out templates In order to hammer out the curves and edges of the tray we used circular metal templates, as well as cut out some with scrap timber. Step 3: Creating the lip With the material and templates ready it was time to start hammering out of the curves and edges we marked. It was vital to be precise with the hammering to assure the material shaped properly, however we found that with the curves in particular that the material stretched out a bit. Step 4: Refinement At this point I was just trying to clean things up, shave any excess material, smoothen out edges, and so for