These past few lessons we've been working in the workshop. I've completed a full scale drawing of my base and my aluminium stand. I am using all my aluminium and am not cutting off a bit like some others. I have cut and sanded my base and it is all done. I have rounded the wood on all the corners so it feels more natural and organic. I have just started bending my aluminium and am going very well with it. I need to do my main bend and then I can move onto my next step of making my lamp.
Some problems I had while doing the first steps to my lamp were:
- I was a little nervous using the jig-saw as my piece of timber that I was cutting out was quite small.
- I wasn't sure if the degree of my bend would kink the aluminium and not make it look very good.
- I didn't know if I had enough aluminium to make and bend for my lamp.
What I did to fix/help these problems were:
- I asked Mr Andrews to help me and show me how to do it. He then supervised me while I was cutting.
- I asked Me Andrews what the maximum bend would be and then changed my design to fit the bend.
- I measured how long the aluminium was and the measured what my scale drawing was to make sure it fit.
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