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Roto molding

First shot of the "my first rotomolder" so i decided to go for something a bit more different to plain net; a bottle of irn bru.



First attempt


All was going well until about 2 minutes of turning when the Jcast seemed to just slip off the middle section of the bottle and clump together. Perhaps not enough to grip onto on the smoother sections of plastic?



Second Attempt

Decided to first manipulate the bottle with a heat gun to hopefully allow more grip in the smoother sections and also decided to add some red food colouring

However the same problem as the first occured and the Jcast fell together. Also the food colouring caused a bubbled effect on the hardened plastic


Roto molding fail or roto molding win?

SKI BIKE

A collaboration between Callum Fisher and I. Pushing the boundries of snowsports today. Stay tuned for more progress as this is still the prototype stage.

Glencraft mattress project

Initial ideas

Researching the strengths and weekness' of a typical mattress

Researching the best method of getting a mattress to a desired position from a hieght

shoes

something different

Bananna man

Recycled guitar holder

This guitar holder is made completely from recycled guitars and also doubles up as a two tone music block. They are easily mounted to any wall with two screws.

Bic

A series of sketches using rhino 3d

STAPLER'S!

For this project we firstly had to take apart a few staplers to see how they worked and then try and re-design them in new ways.

The components of a simple household stapler


The Scissor Stapler

This design was simply for ease as once made it was actually easier to staple than a regular stapler


The Staple-Chair

This chair was primarily design with office workers in mind. Working in a small cubicle with a small desk it is often hard to find space to staple things. But with this new chair the user nedd just lean back or put their hand by their side. Simple.
The height adjust stapler


The lazy boy stapler




The Staple-Cow

A must have for all the drummer secretaries. Bored of stapling all those documents, make it fun by making music at the same time

Comes with not one but two drum sticks so you can play on the desk too!


The Roller-Staple

This was a favorite of mine. Although unfortunately I did not have the means to make a Prototype. The idea behind it was a wheel with a weighted piston in the middle which would slide from one side to the other as the wheel went round. The piston would have a thin piece of metal on each end the size of a single staple to punch the staples out. Around the inner of the wheel are two spring loaded staple holders much like a standard stapler but curved. A flaw was uncovered when I realised that the staples would only come out straight unless I made an indented track for the wheel to run along to bend the staples.

The Dryslope Stapler

This design was also flawed and the prototype was destroyed during testing. I Also realised that it was destined to fail from the start as the paper kept getting wet due to the sprinklers on the dryslope.

Dominate, Sub-Dominate & Sub Ordinate

A study of composition focusing on Dominate, Sub-Dominate & Sub Ordinate Forms of household objects