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This is an instructable about the piece of furniture I made for my A Level design course. It took me the best part of 4 months with about 4 and a half hours a week. I think it came out well and my Dad (who i made it for) really likes it. It is made completely from birch plywood, except the hardwood (sapele) strips on the drawers and shelves.
It was designed to hold all of my Dad's records, some of his CD's and his sound system. Since then he has treated himself to a new record player and amp, to go with the furniture apparently! I think all of the wood I used came to about £150 - £175 definitely no more than that.
It was designed to hold all of my Dad's records, some of his CD's and his sound system. Since then he has treated himself to a new record player and amp, to go with the furniture apparently! I think all of the wood I used came to about £150 - £175 definitely no more than that.
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Signing UpStep 1The Specification & Initial Design
It's really important to come up with a wide range of designs that match the specification you have. My specification was fairly long at about a page of A3 but it could have gone on to be much longer.
Then I started to design Ideas around the spec and what my Dad wanted.
I hoped to come up with about 6 initial ideas, but thought 5 was in the end enough.
These designs were then shown and then we picked the favourite, which happened to be the final idea on the Int. Des. 2 sheet.
Now we have a rough idea we need to develop the design for production, scale it to actual size and make sure it will actually fit the specification.
Then I started to design Ideas around the spec and what my Dad wanted.
I hoped to come up with about 6 initial ideas, but thought 5 was in the end enough.
These designs were then shown and then we picked the favourite, which happened to be the final idea on the Int. Des. 2 sheet.
Now we have a rough idea we need to develop the design for production, scale it to actual size and make sure it will actually fit the specification.
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great
I give this a 5 STAR rating
What CAD software did you use? Looks like you've got one in Ubuntu and I assume Solidworks produced that wonderful rendering.
I will pass something along I figured out for myself. I used to mentally beat my self up because I would make some small mistake that noone would ever see till I brought their attention to it. Don't beat yourself up over these things. I actually believe now it gives projects a personality. It shows it is something handmade, not off the factory particle board conveyor line.
There is nothing like real wood furniture!Again Great Job!
Also nice to see the most important part of making furniture, the initial design consultation and the many many sketches. I'd give you an A for this, and I hope your teacher did too.