Week 9 - Getting ideas for Kitchen Rack

This week we are collecting ideas for our next project - a Kitchen Rack. It has to have at least one drawer and has to have something that has been made on the wood lathe.  We are looking at some that have been made previously, sketching up our own ideas and collecting ideas from the internet, magazines, catalogues and homeware shops.

I have had another go at an animation. This time I copied Alex's method using screen shots and imovie. This was even easier than the previous one. Whaddya reckon?

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Another Sketch Up animation

Here is my second attempt at an animation.

This was all made in Google Sketch Up using a few features we haven't used before. They are HIDE, UNHIDE and HIDDEN GEOMETRY. 

Have a go at one yourself and post it on your Blog, for the others to see.

Week 8 - Sketch Up animation

Animation of a Bridle joint.
This is my first attempt at this sort of animation. It is a very simple one with only 4 frames, but I know how to do it now. Thanks to Dale in yr 10 for showing me how to do it. He is amazing at this sort of stuff.

Week 7 - Orthographic Drawing

I need to complete an orthographic drawing for my project report. I have drawn it in TurboCad, but have so far been unable to get the dimensions to show on the drawing.
This is what I have got so far.

Week 6 - finishing up

This week we finished branding the blocks with the O's and X's.
We then sanded all the blocks and the box to get them clean and looking their best.
The last thing was to put finish on them. We used Scandinavian Teak Oil because it is easy to apply (we used a rag) and there are no runs and the blocks don't stick to the box if we put them in place. If we had used a Clear Polyurethane, there would have been a mess waiting for everything to dry before we could have put it all together.

Sketch Up animation

This animation was made by Dale in yr 10, to show how their puzzle goes together.

Do you reckon you could do this?