Key ideas for selecting whether to make a piece of a show in the shop or to order it:
- Weight the cost and time of building a piece vs the cost and time of ordering from a shop that specializes or has experience with it.
- Total budget vs cost of order. Spending $5 on a order with a $10000 budget is less significant than that of a $5 order with a $100 budget
- How common a piece is? If its common its more likely to be in stock or purchasable at a cheep price. If its uncommon then it would require time in the shop or a high custom order.
Group test pieces (Take feedback and use it in the future in the field, not just for the class):
1.Val Andrew,Alissa:
- Manufactured half route instead of purchasing it, with the goal of saving money
- Breaking the molding into different pieces
- testing size increments and pieces took 15 to 20 mins
- process takes a while to test but manufacturing time is quick
2.Ricky,Danielle,Kenet:
- Testing using sheets of MDF curved to fit curved styles and runs for the flat
- Curved make by dado cuts to the MDF
- Reconsideration will be made for method
3.Katie,Marissa,Jessica:
- Steaming wood in order to achieve curve
- rate of steam: 1 inch per hour
- steam box made from 3/4 inch ply( made for one time use, Not long term.)
4.Caroline, Gus, Javier:
- Style of curved flat assembling similar to that of a truss cut deck
- Curved boxes attached to a skeleton frame
- When building using a concentric curves,use the same base point to measure but make the radius adjustable on the tool not the table or base point itself.
Other notes from McCullough:
-Try to make a bend piece before assembling it together, make the wood bend to the radius and to the length needed then build with it.
-its not uncommon to build a quick jig for any project in order to complete a certain design or to complete a certain task.
