Rose MacMahonArchitecture as Furniture finaleToday marked the completion of my chair. I learnt too much today to not write about, I discovered lots of aspects of my design and build…Nov 9, 2016Nov 9, 2016
Rose MacMahonFinal build in the workshop / dowel and final gluingThis final build meant finishing the dowel to support the housing joints, this included using Matty’s little spikes, as shown on the red…Nov 5, 2016Nov 5, 2016
Rose MacMahonCutting the leatherCutting the leather to 38mm using a sharp OLFA knife. The sizes of the leather do vary and 38mm seems like the best length that the pieces…Nov 4, 2016Nov 4, 2016
Rose MacMahonDowel to strengthen the housing jointsMy decision to use dowel came as a result to only leaving 5mm for my housing join and wanting to strengthen these places.Nov 4, 2016Nov 4, 2016
Rose MacMahonFinishing the plywoodI have learnt a lot about finishing through the completion of my table earlier in the semester. I am going to use a different finish this…Nov 3, 2016Nov 3, 2016
Rose MacMahonUsing the belt sander to fix my mistakeThese images show one of the finger joints which I needed to round off in the belt sander to continue the desired curve and rounded effect…Nov 3, 2016Nov 3, 2016
Rose MacMahonHow to fasten the leatherFastening the leather has been more challenging than expected. I thought that I could initially sew the leather with a needle and thread…Nov 3, 2016Nov 3, 2016
Rose MacMahonConsidering the leather for the seatLefflers leather in West Melbourne is my new favoute on earth. http://www.leffler.com.au This is where I found the leather to use for my…Nov 3, 2016Nov 3, 2016
Rose MacMahonPreparing for gluingAfter all the finger joints were made and cleaned up I then glued all of the pieces together. This meant marking where exactly I wanted…Nov 3, 2016Nov 3, 2016
Rose MacMahonPreparing the finger jointsTo make the finger joints I had to carefully tape the pieces to a 1mm MDF board. I had to look at which pieces went top and which went…Nov 3, 2016Nov 3, 2016
