3D textures tutorial
3D textures tutorial, take 2
Flow Objects Along Surface
Array Patterns – Rectangular
Array Patterns – Curve Along Surface
Textures, Flow Objects, and Array Patterns
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Laser Cut Turning Project – Step 2: The Glue Up
Glued up two sets of laser cut combs. One was cut by AMS and one by me on the floor. I used a bunch of rubber bands to hold it all together. I trimmed it a bit on the band saw before I turn it on the lathe.
Simple Rules Round Two
DI and I did another round of our simple rules, this time we went over the rules very carefully with the participants. We want to see what would change.
Laser Cut Turning Project – Step 1: The Cutting
I made two sets of cuts for the laser cut turning project, one from AMS and one I did in the shop. The one from AMS was cut from one sheet of 1/4″ luan plywood I bought at Home Depot, not a great material to cut with the laser. A lot of burning and incomplete cuts.
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The Opposable Opposable Thumb
Concept proposal for the artist Stelarc. The Opposable Opposable Thumb is an electro/mechanical device that operates as an opposable thumb on the non-thumb side of a hand. The concept is straight forward, but the effect is strangely off-putting. This is not the way things should be and our minds have a hard time dealing with it.
Quick PhotoShop Visual (very un-nerving)
Common tools and the way we grip and hold now need to be re-examined.
Simple Rules
1) One person hammers one black nail anywhere along the black line and one red nail anywhere along the red line.
2) Tie green string between these two nails and trim the ends.
3) Get your number and the same number of nails, odd numbers are black, even are red.
4) In the number order, hammer your nails anywhere on the grid, ensuring that the nails have a unique X and Y axis from all other like colored nails.
5) Continue until no more allowable spots remain.
6) In the number order — beginning with the white nail — use your color thread to connect your corresponding number of colored nail(s), crossing the green line at least once.
Tornado Data Sculpture Mock-up
Filipa and I are using tornado data gathered from the National Climactic Data Center — in this case the deadliest tornadoes of all time — we plan on printing a series of turbines. The piece will act as a front panel that will fit a standard off the shelf fan.
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2D Drawing of Metal Armature
I drew a dimensioned drawing of a brass armature I’m using for another project. Till now I was using a (poorly) hand draw sketch, this will come in very handy.
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Da Vinci Collage
The assignment was to create a collage of Da Vinci’s sketches that relate to a tool of our choosing. I picked the Myford ML7 metal lathe as my tool of choice and Da Vinci’s sketches of a spinning wheel device and water-powered, gear-driven machine for manufacturing cannon barrels. The spinning relates to the lathe and the other is basically a giant water-powered metal lathe.
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Rhino Tutorials
Been a while since I’ve done this much CAD. I need to get my chops back.
Glass Tutorials
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