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Tutorial: Tray

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The BLISTER

For the fourth project, we worked on a blister. We are suppose to create a dent on a piece of flat metal while keeping the rest of the metal flat. For this project, we used a mould of a teardrop carved out by the CNC machine.

Step 1: Create the model on grasshopper and import it into the CNC machines software.
Step 2: Wait for the machine to be done cutting.
Step 3: After the CNC machine is done with the mould, we have to use a handheld bench saw and cut out the centre piece.
Step 4: Sand down the edges and make it smooth.
Step 5: Clamp down the piece of aluminium in between the 2 mould.

Step 6: Start beating and expanding the metal in with a piece of scrap wood.
 
Step 7: If the piece of scrap wood is too big, sand it down to fit the shape you're working on.
Step 8: Continue beating.
 
Step 9: Beat down the sides of the blister to expand the metal downward and create a deeper drop.
 
Step 10: Keep beating the sides and the sharp end to make it deeper.
Step 11: After the desired depth is achieved, start to smoothen out the surface.

Step 12: Beat in the desired texture to make the shape less boring.

Step 13: Step back and admire the results.
 

The TRAY

The third assignment we partner up with one of our colleague and made 2 similar trays that is suppose to join up seamlessly. For this assignment, we made our own wooden mould for the tray out of pieces of discarded wood we found around the workshop.

Step 1: Find wooden pieces around the workshop that is usable.
Step 2: Start marking out where to cut.

Step 3: Start to cut the piece of wood using a machine saw.

Step 4: Grind the corners down using the machine sander to form nice rounded corners.
Step 5: Clamp the aluminium piece and 2 wooden moulds together.
Step 6: Start by beating down the flat side of the tray.
 
Step 7: Using the same method as the bowl, beat down the corners with concave dent to stretch the metal.
 
Step 8: Start to beat down the dents and smoothen out the corners.
Step 9: Find a metal circle weight to have a smoother corners.

Step 10: Start to refine the sides with a metal hammer, beating down the dents from by the contraction and expansion of the metal.

Step 11: Repeat step 5 - 10 for the second piece.
Step 12: Combine both tray and beat them together to make sure that they will be the same.

Step 13: Make sure that the side will be close to seamless.
Step 14: Combine both tray together and check for any areas of improvement.

Step 15: Step back and admire the results.