BEIL0014 - Ryan Johann

The Tray - The Third task to the course was to turn a 200mm x 110mm rectangle piece of aluminium into a tray by reshaping the edges of the aluminium. Material: 200mm x 110mm Aluminium sheet Tools used: Marking pencil Ruler Tin snips  Tapered plastic mallet Chasing hammer Personalised timber dolly x 2 Small clamp Workbench clamp  Step 1 The first step was to measure and cut the desired aluminium piece. The guillotine was used to get the initial size of the tray, once the sheet was cut it could then be marked to indicate the cutting and bending sections. Step 2 Once the aluminium sheet was marked and cut into the final stage before hammering, the wooden dolly was then also marked to help align the two sides when clamping the aluminium, this is a crucial step to ensuring the edges are as even as possible. Tip: I used a smaller hand clamp to help hold it all together so precise pressure adjustment could be used to allgin it perfect...

The Torus - The Second task to the course was to turn a 200mm x 100mm rectangle piece of aluminium into the shape of a torus through the manipulation of reshaping the properties of the aluminium. Material: 200mm x 100mm Aluminium sheet Tools used: Marking pencil Ruler Tapered plastic mallet Chasing hammer Cylindrical wooden stump with concave void Metal horse shoe dolly English Wheel  Step 1 Using the ruler I could measure the aluminium plate into sections which would be responsible for the different sections of curvature. Step 2 The stump with the concave void was the first major tool responsible to get the initial curve started, by using a second pair of hands to help it greatly increased the effectiveness of this step, allowing the aluminium to have a consistent pressure wrapping around the wooden block helping it maintain the main curve whilst still being able to hammer down the middle resulting in the shrinking and second curve to...

The Bowl - The First introductory task to the course was to turn a 200mm x 200mm square piece of aluminium into the shape of a bowl through the manipulation of reshaping the properties of the aluminium. Material: 200mm x 200mm Aluminium sheet Tools used: Tin Snippers Plywood radius guides  Marking pencil Tapered plastic mallet Sandbag Concave wooden stump English Wheel  Step 1 By using the Plywood radius guides, accurate circles could be marked out along the surface of the aluminium to soon act has guides to beginning shaping the material. Step 2 With the outer most circumference marked it was then time to use the tin snippers to accurate cut out the radius, this one done by making small consecutive cuts 2 millimetres away from the marked lined, so i could go back a second time and be even more accurate. Finally some simple filing along the edges ensured no sharp spurs were left on the sheet of metal. Step 3 Using the wooden s...