BEIL0014 Digital Making 2017

In this week, I have to re-create the shape of the front bonnet, because the front bumper includes the radiator grille and fog lamp, which it is truly another difficult process.  Firstly, the module for the radiator grille has to be created by measure the size from the car module; then, the outline was drawn on the MDF board; in term of cutting from the middle, I drilled a hole to the board, then using the jigsaw to cut the shape and sander to make the edge smoothly.  Also, it is same process to create the front lamp shape and round radiator shape for the front bumper.  After the modules are ready to build, they were under the metal sheet and use the plastic hammer and some flat edge timber pieces to beat the shapes, the front radiator grill, and the front lamp shape.  Since I notice the Ferrari 250 GTO has a entire front bonnet; hence, I try to create the front metal bonnet in one single piece; however, I have found that it...

In this week, I have start to create the metal skin of the bonnet with the plastic hammers and a large piece of metal sheet.  Firstly, the bonnet outlined the shape of entire piece we divided in last week, then I cut to the similar rectangle size and cut to suitable shape for the bonnet; after that, started to shape the entire curve shape with plastic hammers.  To shape the embossed part at the middle of the bonnet, my group mate and I made a module for shaping, which tried to utilize "the blister" skill to form this part. Then, I have create a smooth and subtle embossed shape for the bonnet. Also other part of the metal sheet has to be adjusted evenly due to the shape change of the entire pieces by flat edge hammer.   In term of creating a sharped front edge, I also made a module by "the Tray" skill, which use two MDF board nailed together, then create a curve shape by jigsaw and sander. After repeating between beating with...

This is the final Ferrari 250 gto module for our group, which including 22 pieces for X and 18 pieces for Y. Although we finished the module in the second week by the long queue of laser cutting, we finally can to start the metal "skin" of the car module. This is a quite heavy module that made by number of MDF board, which it is also very stable for us to create the shape. We used the plastic hammer to ensure every single pieces are fixed each others and create the correct shape for entire one.  After that, we started to divide into major pieces and each person has their part to build; my part is the bonnet of the car.  The bonnet might be the largest piece for the entire car, which it is large curve shape with a small raised part in the middle. That could be a big challenge to me to build properly...😓 

Our group mates has divided the Ferrari digital model into pieces by 123dMake before the class. Then we can start to laser cutting the MDF boards for the Ferrari Pieces.  The illustrator programme print into the laser cutting programme in the lab, then set all the figures up to process the cutting. In this week, we have cutting all the pieces for the Ferrari module, which X-total 22 pieces, Y-total 18 piece for shaping the car. After that, it has been started to put into one entire module for the metal pieces shaping.

 No Class in week 7 & 8, time to relax And...👇 Just Kidding ~~~😜 (images from Google)

The Blister has been finished in this Monday of the week, which the edge also was cut to follow the shape.  Then, the two blisters that my team member - Ting Ting and my was ready to cut from the large aluminum sheet. The iron compasses was used to measure the distance between the shape and the proposed new edge we would to follow and cut it.  Finally, the two similar shapes were able to match each other.

The trays had been finished in this week, my team member - Ting Ting' s and my trays can be closed together with similar edges and thickness. Using the sander to flat the four edges was the key point to match the trays together.  The last items in this skills development process is the blister. Before the class, I looked the video -  Metalshaping tricks # 5 from Youtube to achieve the general idea what to do in the class.  Firstly, the tutors help us to create the module, two MDF boards was cut and the middle part was cut for the main shape of the blister. My team member - Ting Ting and I chose the generally round shape with a small sharp on one side. Four holes was creates for the nails to hold the metal sheet in the middle, which make the sheet not be moved during the hammer beating.  Secondly, I started to hit the metal sheet with the eggshaped mallet, it has two different type shapes, using smooth side to hit the large area; while th...