In the fabrication, construction
and assembly process, the most shocking lesson for my group members and I was finding
out that our pieces do not fit in a normal size truck. We were planning to walk
the pieces to the site, but received some help from friends who had trucks.
Apart from problems with
transportation, we had to face a lot of other problems in the construction
process. dFab was closed for almost all the time we were working on the
project, woodshop did not have enough tools for all the groups in studio and
almost everywhere we tried to work, there was not enough space for our pieces.
Certain problems, however, came as
constructive lessons, because they encouraged us to change our design to make
it easier to be built as well as disassembled. Also, being way over the
expected budget made us change the materials we were using. Replacing aluminum
with steel worked out well because the frame and structure turned out to be
much stronger than it would have otherwise. Adding little pieces of woods on
every corner of our ribs made the ribs even stronger.
The time constraints and demanding
nature of the project made it extremely stressful. However, it was still a very
enjoyable project and we were more than satisfied with the end result.
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