Sonoco - Formatube

Lesley's dad kindly went and collected the tubes (our central core) yesterday morning from Sonoco in Henderson.




Sonoco factory, where we got our tubes

 





Worker getting our tubes

 




This is how we intend to cut our tube

 
 


Jack & Lesley taping the paper to the tube enabling us to have a straight line to half the tube

   


Inside of the tube

 



Tubes delivered to workshop





Jack shows you a bit about scale...

 

clamped the tube down onto a table, so we can draw a line then cut in half with a jigsaw

Construction Pieces - Reinforcing

We've finally figured out how we're going to assemble our layers!! We also worked out all the angles for the inside of the box...

More Construction

Exploring light effects through the central core



Fitting the components and support rods



Fully essembles core and layers with support rodes and rotational wheels (no base)



Successful lever system



Construction 1:2 Model

  Securing the interal fixings inside the core structure 

Interior of the core structure

Component frame work and support rods

Support rods

Support rods and mechanism for component rotation

Lever system for delayed rotation of components

Lever and groove system

Glueing our support frame to top section of each layer

1:2 Working Model

We are in the process of making a 1:2 larger scale model to test our mechanism and also to give us an idea of the working process required to make a large model.

Model 1 - Process

Individual Components (Laser Cut)

Symmetrical Form

No Spacers Between Layers

Biomorphic Form

Asymmetrical Form

Making and Inserting rings in the Workshop

Non-uniform Structure

Model with Spacers

Wooden washers Inserted

Trialling Lever Systems (Card and Wood)

Wood Levers

Cut Pins

Pins

Threading nylon through each layer

Finished Model (On Light Box)