BEIL0014 - Ryan Johann

Critical Review - As seen in my previous blog post the 1:1 Motorbike tank proved a success but also instantly proved to be the most difficult. As the shape required the implementation of multiple techniques due to its non-uniform shape. Through a short personal reflection on the resulting piece, I aim to identify its strengths and weaknesses, as well as an alternative approach to the fabrication process. Strengths: Prior knowledge By understanding basic fabrication techniques and how to apply them to achieve specific shapes, it made it a lot easier to plan and combine these techniques to create a non-linear shape. Previous work from Assignment 1 The Torus's shape The torus indentation was truly the highlight of the piece, whereby it had a uniform curvature but also had a narrow starting point and gradually widened and flattened out around the front end of the tank. Torus curvature Only one piece of metal As seen in the pictures the side piece of the t

The Fuel Tank 1:1 -  Team members: Daniel Camacho z5113840 Ryan Johann z5118301 Branko Cosic z5060413 The Second assignment for BEIL0014 was to create a 1:1 motorbike fuel tank out of aluminium using the metal forming techniques learnt from assignment 1. In teams we were required to choose one of three tanks to construct; Peanut shape tank found on a Harley 883 Iron or a taller, squarer tank found on the Yamaha IT250 or a custom tank found on a Honda CB550. My team and I chose to do the custom Honda CB550 tank. Material: Aluminium sheets 50mm Plywood 4x screw and bolts Tools used: Nylon mallets  Dolly hammer Sand bags Spanner Custom wooden tools English wheel Wooden stump Guillotine Metal dolly Shrinker  Boben sander Approach: Having selected the CB550 tank that was modelled in a modelling program called Grasshopper and having previous experience in the program, we knew we could further push the boundaries of the design to create something mo