Tuesday, April 12, 2011

Digital Fabrication Investigation Progress 4/12

Today, I realized the shape I previously designed would not work with 1/4" plywood, so I changed the notches in order to avoid overlapping.  Afterwards, I cut out a a few pieces on the CNC and later assembled them.  As you can see below, the design worked out pretty well.  I had to do quite a bit of sanding to the notches as the CNC is not as accurate as I would like.  But, overall I'm happy with the structure and rigidity of the result.  Without any glue, it stays locked in.  I may finish the polyhedron on the CNC for the final instead of switching to the laser as i previously mentioned I might do.  I enjoy the look and strength of the 1/4" plywood, which I found out is a material the laser will not cut.



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