Monthly Archives: March 2016

This is the wallpaper sample from the designer. This image should scale up to 2′ x 2′ for the show.

hey, professor, what is the the pattern for the molding?

I have modeled and extruded samples  of curved cove molding. I limited the size to  2 square feet to fit on the working CNC machine. To make a 3d curved extruded object, draw the object you want as a closed poly-line. Then … Continue reading →

Working on making a sample section of crown molding for the straight sections of wall. We boxed out the main sections with 3/4″ plywood then made a cove with quartered tube and strips of material to see how building up … Continue reading →

So I have received the suggestion to try building the curve molding out of plywood wood layers. each layer would have a an out side radius of 3′-0″ and a inside radius of 2′-6″. To start off we cut out … Continue reading →

We built 2 frames at 4 feet tall with 3 foot radius to compare and contrast construction methods. The convex flat was ran a continuous piece of lauan across the arch length. While, the concave flat used the 4 foot width of the lauan and … Continue reading →

    Last Tuesday, Andrew, Jonathan, and I tested which flat break out for the wall with the door would be better. Either splitting the flats in 3 like this (2 flats split vertically and 1 horizontally) or into 2 … Continue reading →

Here are a few tests I did with different materials, all covered with muslin and painted with a single coat, and uncovered and painted with a single coat respectively. I’ve concluded that a muslin covered surface seems to yield the … Continue reading →

Hey everyone, In order to preserve our class time for work in the shop, I have recorded an Excel tutorial video you can watch at your leisure. It is available here: https://vimeo.com/158501600 In this demo, I go over the budgeting sheet … Continue reading →

During this class period, we shared and discussed our own ideas of the Problem 3’s issues and solutions we thought of taking. I’m not going to go into detail of who decided on what but I will give a general … Continue reading →