Beil 0014 Digital Making

The Blister was the fourth and final task for this project however it was the easiest for me. I shared a template with a peer. The template was cut using a CNC machine and the first thing we did was drilling holes on the edges so that we are able to screw the two pieces together. We decided to cut our aluminium smaller so that we don't have to drill through them. The aluminium is then slid in between the template and the templates was screwed together and then clamped to a table. I then proceed on hammering the aluminium to shape. The process was quite straightforward compared to the previous task however I encounter a small issue in that i found it difficult to define the edges and the tip of the blister using the mallet. However i manage to solve this by making and using a corking tool from a piece of timber I found on the workshop. To make the corking tool, i measured out the curve of the tip of the blister into the timber piece then cut the piece to shape using a band saw and

The Tray was by far the hardest task for me as it was so different from the previous two. The process involved hammer forming the aluminium piece around a male buck which is different from the previous two task. My partner and I decided to start with the smallest edge radius at first (30mm) however our first few go did't go very well. As the radius of the edges are too small, a lot of folding occurs, as well as the piece of aluminium dig into the wooded buck. Another issue was that whenever I hit one side, the wood piece moved causing it to ruin the other side of the metal. After the first few tries we ended up doing the third smallest radius (50mm) where we found it to be really easy compared to the smallest radius, however at my first try I still have the same issue of the wooden piece moving. My partner then suggested to hit all four sides first, locking the wooden piece in place before hammer forming the edges. Another issue was getting the wooden piece out of the tray, this t