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22 Dec ' 05:10
22 December 2011
Shark Attack
Stop Motion Animation
This session, the school is running a number of interdisciplinary learning projects. The CDT and music departments (Mrs Hislop and Mr Morley) are offering pupils the chance to create stop motion animations.
This animation was created by S2 pupils:
Felix Allan - props and director;
Martin Oglesby - cameraman, co-music;
John MacLeod - co-music, digital storage;
Henry Clark - motivator.For a bigger version of the video recording, go to YouTube.
Wardah Rafiq - Practical Craft Skills
Wall Cabinet
Wardah completed her final course project to a good standard back in April.
Wardah Rafiq - Practical Craft Skills
Wall Cabinet
The door is decorated with a painted graphic, and the door handle and towel rail also received a paint finish. The remainder of the cabinet received several coats of water based satin varnish.
Wardah Rafiq - Practical Craft Skills
Wall Cabinet
The carcase uses stopped housing joints, to qualify for Intermediate 2 grade. The door employs haunched mortise and tenon joints.
The flush door has a magnetic catch fitted.
Wardah Rafiq - Practical Craft Skills
Wall Cabinet
The plywood back board has been profiled top and bottom to Wardah's reqirements.
Andrew Tyler - Advanced Higher Graphics
Still Life
Andrew painted the material for his urn in Gimp and applied it as a UV map. It looks great. The scene was created in the 3D surface modelling programme, Blender.
The still life assignment is designed to bring together a number of modelling, texturing and lighting skills covered by the course. We'll post more examples soon.
Stewart Clark - Advanced Higher Graphics
Still Life
Stuart's urn material was also painted in Gimp and he made a great job too. The gentle gradient where the body colour meets the rim is particularly good.
Scott Pearce - S6
'16 Plus' Banjo Project
Scott is currently constructing a banjo, as part of the '16 Plus' initiative.
He is pictured here with Mr Black's completed 'tack head' banjo.
For progress photos of pupils building their banjos, visit our Fickr project photo set.
For progress photos of Mr Black's banjo being built visit our Fickr project photo set.
Quita Hynd - S2
Pencil Box Designs
We've run the pencil box project for many years and it remains popular and successful.
Boxes are constructed from pine and birch plywood and feature a swivelling lid.
This is Quita's sheet of designs. They are super.
Melissa Percy - S2
Pencil Box Designs
A fine sheet of designs from Melissa.
Laura Watson - S2
Pencil Box Designs
Laura's designs are very well presented.
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02 Dec ' 01:58
28 November 2011
Lucy Gynn-Poisson - Standard Grade Craft & Design
Dressing Table Mirror
Lucy completed her mirror before the Easter holidays and made a very good job of it.
Lucy Gynn-Poisson - Standard Grade Craft & Design
Dressing Table Mirror
Front view.
Lucy Gynn-Poisson - Standard Grade Craft & Design
Dressing Table Mirror
The mirror frame is pine and the shelving is mahogany.
Lucy Gynn-Poisson - Standard Grade Craft & Design
Dressing Table Mirror
The feet have been turned from mahogany.
Lucy Gynn-Poisson - Standard Grade Craft & Design
Dressing Table Mirror
The underside.
At the time this photo was taken, Lucy was part way through upgrading her shelf supports from simple dowels to plastic brackets.
Lucy Gynn-Poisson - Standard Grade Craft & Design
Dressing Table Mirror
Several coats of clear satin varnish, followed by wax, is the finish Lucy selected.
She had planned to add stencil decoration to the sides of the shelving towers, but omitted it in the end.
Lucy Gynn-Poisson - Standard Grade Craft & Design
Dressing Table Mirror Folio
Lucy produced a fine folio.
Her early designs were very ambitious, with lots of curves and drawers.
Lucy Gynn-Poisson - Standard Grade Craft & Design
Dressing Table Mirror Folio
This second page of ideas features drawers for storage, rather than shelving.
Lucy Gynn-Poisson - Standard Grade Craft & Design
Dressing Table Mirror Folio
Development - How it works.
Lucy considered several ways of adding funtionality to the unit. These included doors, hinges, locks and mirror size.
Lucy Gynn-Poisson - Standard Grade Craft & Design
Dressing Table Mirror Folio
The first page of Lucy's manufacturing sequence.
Mr Myles' Guitar
Mr Myles, who did his probationary teaching year here at Royal High, is currently teaching at Broughton High School. He is visiting us on Monday afternoons to assist with our banjo construction project, and brought along this guitar he's built.
The sound box and neck are pine. The pine sides of the sound box were bent using a cylindrical heater, specially made for the job. The sound holes have been drilled out using a forstner bit.
Mr Myles' Guitar
The finger board is ash, with an oak nut. A set of inexpensive guitar tuning machines has been fitted.
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Mr Myles' Guitar
Although the front face of the sound box is much thicker than commonly used in a bought guitar, the instrument sounded good when played.
We'll encourage Mr Myles to bring the guitar along to Royal High again, to allow us to do a sound recording, to post here.
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09 Nov ' 08:53
07 November 2011
Chris Aitken - Advanced Higher Graphics
Still Life
Chris has made a great job of this still life composition, created in the 3D surface modelling programme, Blender
The still life assignment is designed to bring together a number of modelling, texturing and lighting skills covered by the course. We'll post more examples soon.
Ciara Hanlin - Practical Craft Skills
Wall Cabinet
Ciara made a great job of her cabinet, completed in April.
Ciara Hanlin - Practical Craft Skills
Wall Cabinet
This variation on the standard wall cabinet was prior-verified a few years ago.
It features a carcase with stopped housing jointed top and bottom rail and shelf. The door is a frame utilising haunched mortise and tenons.
Ciara Hanlin - Practical Craft Skills
Wall Cabinet
The towel rail was turned on the wood lathe, then dye was applied, followed by sanding sealer, liming wax, then clear wax.
The door handle received the same finish.
Ciara Hanlin - Practical Craft Skills
Wall Cabinet
Ciara used the Hegner saw to cut out the eagle head design, then stained the individual pieces before reassembling them.
Ciara Hanlin - Practical Craft Skills
Wall Cabinet
The door is hung flush in the carcase using brass plated steel hinges, and a magnetic catch is employed.
Ciara Hanlin - Practical Craft Skills
Wall Cabinet
The cabinet received five coats of clear varnish. Ciara sanded down between coats.
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24 Oct ' 02:36
24 October 2011
16+ Initiative
Build and Play a Musical Instrument
Constructing a Banjo
We've secured funding from the Scottish government's 16 Plus initiative, to help us resource a banjo construction and playing class.
The funding allows us to purchase some specialist tools and subsidise the cost of materials. We're offering S4, 5 & 6 pupils the chance to build a banjo and learn how to play it, as an after school activity.
The photos here show Mr Black's prototype, which is a copy of the 'fireside banjo' kit available at www.backyardmusic.com
16+ Initiative
Build and Play a Musical Instrument
Constructing a Banjo
What's really needed is a front porch, somewhere in southern United States.
The clothing looks reasonably authentic though.
16+ Initiative
Build and Play a Musical Instrument
Constructing a Banjo
The total cost of this instrument and its stand was around £15. The hardwood neck is made from part of a four metre length of 'end of line' handrail purchased at B&Q for £10. We'll get four banjo necks out of this.
It's unlikely that we'll be able to source hardwood this cheaply on a regular basis, so we've allowed a budget of £22 per instrument. With a £10 subsidy from the 16+ fund, pupils will pay £12.
16+ Initiative
Build and Play a Musical InstrumentConstructing a Banjo
Mr Black is a novice player. You may (just) recognise the tune as 'Old Joe Clark', played at a snail's pace.
The sound quality that the instrument achieves is better than appears in this recording. The recording sounds as if the strings are buzzing, but they aren't.
For a bigger version of the video recording, go to YouTube.
16+ Initiative
Build and Play a Musical Instrument
Constructing a Banjo
Side profile of the banjo on its stand.
16+ Initiative
Build and Play a Musical Instrument
Constructing a Banjo
Detail showing the pot resting on the stand.
16+ Initiative
Build and Play a Musical Instrument
Constructing a Banjo
Rear view showing the pot resting on the stand.
16+ Initiative
Build and Play a Musical Instrument
Constructing a Banjo
Detail showing the banjo's pot.
Rather than a skin, the front of the pot is covered in a 3mm thick sheet of birch ply.
The bridge is oak. This one is a bit high and was changed for a lower one shortly after the photos were taken.
16+ Initiative
Build and Play a Musical Instrument
Constructing a Banjo
Detail showing the pyrographed motif on the front of the banjo; a butterfly resting on a blade of grass.
Pupils will be encouraged to create their own designs.
16+ Initiative
Build and Play a Musical Instrument
Constructing a Banjo
Detail at the pot.
The pot is made from two layers of 3mm birch ply.
The strings are held in place by looping them around panel pins.
16+ Initiative
Build and Play a Musical Instrument
Constructing a Banjo
Forming the pot.
An M.D.F. jig was used to form the plywood around. This photo was taken at 'dry cramping' stage, showing the first layer of 3mm ply tacked in place temporarily, to allow the second layer to begin to be clamped.
P.V.A. glue was used to bond the two layers of ply together.
16+ Initiative
Build and Play a Musical Instrument
Constructing a Banjo
Forming the pot.
Clamping and gluing completed. You'll see that the pot isn't perfectly circular. With two people clamping and gluing, rather than one, it should be possible to do better.
16+ Initiative
Build and Play a Musical Instrument
Constructing a Banjo
The nut is oak, rather than bone. It is set in to a channel formed using a power router. The narrowest router bit we have in the department is 6mm, so the nut is this width. We may eventually invest in a narrower router bit.
Using a router makes it easy to get the bottom of the channel perfectly flat.
The form of the peg head is very simple on this prototype, and we may allow pupils to select from a range of different profiles, or even design their own. You'll see some variations at Deep Creek Strings.
16+ Initiative
Build and Play a Musical Instrument
Constructing a Banjo
Routing the channel for the nut.
The photo shows the neck, set up for routing. This was the first operation carried out on the neck.
16+ Initiative
Build and Play a Musical Instrument
Constructing a Banjo
Detail showing the frets and fret board.
Fitting the frets and dressing them after leveling proved tricky. You can see that the fret board has been indented by the file used to re-crown the frets after leveling.
To make things easier, we'll probably use heavier duty fret wire, which should be less fiddly to fit in to the slots in the fret board. Instead of hammering in the frets, we've ordered a Fret pressing caul, which will be fitted in the pillar drill. This allows the frets to be pushed in to place.
We've also ordered a proper quarter round fret dressing file, which should prevent damage to the fret board.
16+ Initiative
Build and Play a Musical Instrument
Constructing a Banjo
The tuning peg for the fifth string is the same type as for the other four strings. The neck has been widened to accommodate it.
For pupil banjos, we'll probably shorten the peg's barrel so that there'll be no need to build the neck out.
16+ Initiative
Build and Play a Musical Instrument
Constructing a Banjo
Another view of the fifth string peg.
The neck is sculpted to help the hand to slide past the peg.
16+ Initiative
Build and Play a Musical Instrument
Constructing a Banjo
Another view of the fifth string peg.
The neck was cut to its rough form at the band saw, then shaped on the sanding disc and belt. A rasp, files and sandpaper were then employed.
A digital caliper / vernier gauge was used to check that the thickness of the neck was close to that of the www.backyardmusic.com fireside banjo.16+ Initiative
Build and Play a Musical Instrument
Constructing a Banjo
Looking along the neck.
The banjo is strung with light gauge strings. The bass string is phosphor bronze wound.
16+ Initiative
Build and Play a Musical Instrument
Constructing a Banjo
Looking along the neck.
These simple guitar tuning pegs are not common on banjos. Makers tend to fit units that look like traditional friction pegs. However, the pegs used here are very inexpensive. This set cost £4-50.
The neck received three coats of Danish oil. Six hour was left between coats, but the neck then needed several days for the coating to harden off.
The pot was given five coats of varnish.
16+ Initiative
Build and Play a Musical Instrument
Constructing a Banjo
The stand is 4mm birch plywood, slotted together with cross halving joints.
Rubber cushions have been added to protect the banjo. The rubber was cut from a tyre inner tube, then bonded in place using evo-stick.
16+ Initiative
Build and Play a Musical Instrument
Constructing a Banjo
The components of the stand.
16+ Initiative
Build and Play a Musical Instrument
Constructing a Banjo
The working drawing for the stand.
(Half, symmetrical) elevation, end elevation and true shape. The elevations have been left as construction lines but the true shape has been darkened in with clear lines.
The elevations show an earlier arrangement for the cross rails. The true shape shows the final arrangement.
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11 Oct ' 05:08
10 October 2011
Practical Craft Skills - Bedside Cabinets
Cabinets by Connor Banks, Dominic Okigo and James Low.
Completed in early May 2011.
Practical Craft Skills - Bedside Cabinets
Cabinets by Connor, Dom and James.
James Low - Practical Craft Skills
James made a good job of his cabinet, which wasn't quite finished at the time these photos were taken.
James Low - Practical Craft Skills
View from the right side, showing the shelf with a stopped housing joint.
James Low - Practical Craft Skills
Detail at the door handle, turned with an expanding collett chuck.
Ritchie Cleeton - Standard Grade Craft & Design
Hot Rod
Ritchie completed his hot rod in April. It turned out well.
Ritchie Cleeton - Standard Grade Craft & Design
Hot Rod
The model incorporates metal, plastic and wood, and lots of processes.
Ritchie Cleeton - Standard Grade Craft & Design
Hot Rod
The exhaust pipes are large diameter aluminium bar, turned on the metal lathe then buffed.
Ritchie Cleeton - Standard Grade Craft & Design
Hot Rod
The wheels are cast aluminium created using the sand moulding process. The castings were mounted on the metal lathe and turned down, then linished.
Ritchie Cleeton - Standard Grade Craft & Design
Hot Rod
The front wheels spin on an axle which projects out from the body of the car. The axle is made from a 20mm diameter Ramin dowel.
Ritchie Cleeton - Standard Grade Craft & Design
Hot Rod
The clear acrylic wind shield was heated then bent around the body of the car before the cockpit was cut out of the wooden blank. Round headed brass wood screws fix the acrylic in place.
The driver was turned on the wood lathe and glued in place.
Ritchie Cleeton - Standard Grade Craft & Design
Hot Rod
The driver and body received five coats of water based varnish. Ritchie sanded down between coats.
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25 Aug ' 06:34
25 August 2011
Anna Loughray - Standard Grade Craft & Design
Serving Board
Anna completed her serving board to a high standard in April. Her folio was outstanding.
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Anna Loughray - Standard Grade Craft & Design
Serving Board
The board may be used as one unit, or separated in to nine jigsaw pieces.
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Anna Loughray - Standard Grade Craft & Design
Serving Board
Four small storage drawers have been incorporated; one in each corner jigsaw piece.
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Anna Loughray - Standard Grade Craft & Design
Serving Board
Each drawer employs rebate joints. A ply base has been glued in to a rebate, formed with a power router.
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Anna Loughray - Standard Grade Craft & Design
Serving Board
The teak drawer fronts incorporate a useful ergonomic feature; finger grips, to make it easy to remove the drawer.
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Anna Loughray - Standard Grade Craft & Design
Serving Board
All four drawers shown open.
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Serving Board
All outer surfaces received several coats of satin varnish. With this finish, the product may be wiped clean in use.
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Anna Loughray - Standard Grade Craft & Design
Serving Board
The jigsaw sits on an M.D.F. base. The base has a pine trim which is slightly raised, forming a lip all round. This ensures that the jigsaw won't accidentally slide off.
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Anna Loughray - Standard Grade Craft & Design
Serving Board
The serving board rests on a turntable, made from M.D.F. and marbles - a 'lazy Susan bearing'.
The silhouette of the marbles can be seen in this photo.
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Anna Loughray - Standard Grade Craft & Design
Serving Board
The M.D.F. turntable base.
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Anna Loughray - Standard Grade Craft & Design
Serving Board
Folio - Situation, Brief, Specification
Anna made consistent use of the same title lettering and border throughout her folio, resulting in a united appearance.
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Serving Board
Folio - Analysis
The analysis page was completed out of sequence, after Anna had decided on the jigsaw theme.
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Serving Board
Folio - Research 1
For each example, a range of design factors are discussed.
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Anna Loughray - Standard Grade Craft & Design
Serving Board
Folio - Research 2
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Serving Board
Folio - Ideas 1
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Anna Loughray - Standard Grade Craft & Design
Serving Board
Folio - Ideas 2
With this page, Anna established the colour pencil rendering approach and colours that she applied for the remainder of the folio.
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Anna Loughray - Standard Grade Craft & Design
Serving Board
Folio - Choice / P.M.I.
Evaluating three different ideas, to then choose which one to further develop.
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Anna Loughray - Standard Grade Craft & Design
Serving Board
Folio - Delopment - How it Looks
Identifying ways in which the way the model looks could be altered - aesthetics.
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Serving Board
Folio - Development - How it's Made
Possible construction methods.
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Anna Loughray - Standard Grade Craft & Design
Serving Board
Folio - Development - How it Works
Investigating ergonomics.
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Anna Loughray - Standard Grade Craft & Design
Serving Board
Folio - Final Design
Giving reasons for settling on this design.
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Anna Loughray - Standard Grade Craft & Design
Serving Board
Folio - Working Drawing
A bit fancy: colour wasn't really needed.
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Anna Loughray - Standard Grade Craft & Design
Serving Board
Folio - Cutting List
A list of all the materials that would be needed to make the model.
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Anna Loughray - Standard Grade Craft & Design
Serving Board
Folio - Manufacturing Sequence 1
Some of her classmates recorded their progress by taking photos at each stage, but Anna chose to sketch out her sequence.
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Anna Loughray - Standard Grade Craft & Design
Serving Board
Folio - Manufacturing Sequence 2
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Anna Loughray - Standard Grade Craft & Design
Serving Board
Folio - Evaluation
How well it turned out, whether satisfies the specification, and what Anna might choose to do differently.
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01 Jul ' 01:24
01 July 2011
Class 1j - Personal Projects
Video Report by Daniel Cringean
Recently, Mrs Smyth gave pupils in class 1j the chance to build (almost) anything. She's posted an article about the experiment at our blog at http://cdtlog.net
Pupil Daniel Cringean produced a video report on the project, embedded here.
For a bigger version, visit YouTube.
Read the full article on our blog
Sally Mairs - Standard Grade Craft & Design
Banjolele
We featured photos of Sally's banjolele a few weeks ago. Now we have a short video clip of her with the instrument.
For a bigger version of the video recording, go to YouTube.
Holly Christie - Standard Grade Craft & Design
Automaton
Holly did a good job constructing her see-saw automaton. She completed it in April.
Holly Christie - Standard Grade Craft & Design
Automaton
The two figures are turned in beech, and appear to be snow men: they have winter clothing pyrographed on.
Holly Christie - Standard Grade Craft & Design
Automaton
The the see-saw and wheels are cherry, and the base is mahogany.
The pull handle is turned in cherry.
Notice that Holly forgot to sand off the pencil marks from the wheels. Oops.
Holly Christie - Standard Grade Craft & Design
Automaton
The push rod, which nudges the see-saw up is visible in this photo.
Notice that the right end of the see-saw is weighted with steel washers and steel bar, to ensure that it 'follows' the push rod.
Holly Christie - Standard Grade Craft & Design
Automaton
The wheels and pulley wheels are held in place with grub screws, two of which are visible in this photo.
The grub screws made it easy to put the wheels off and on, to make adjustments.
Holly Christie - Standard Grade Craft & Design
Automaton
The cam and push rod are visible in this photo.
Power is taken off the axle of the front wheel and transferred to the cam using a pulley and a piece of dressmakers' elastic.
The pulley features two wheels of different size. This results in the see-saw swinging up ever two revolutions of the front wheels.
Holly Christie - Standard Grade Craft & Design
Video Recording
The automaton in use.
For a bigger version, visit YouTube.
Holly Christie - Standard Grade Craft & Design
Video Recording
Close up of the push rod, moving the see-saw.
For a bigger version, visit YouTube.
Holly Christie - Standard Grade Craft & Design
Video Recording
Close up of the cam and the pulley wheels.
For a bigger version, visit YouTube.
Holly Christie - Standard Grade Craft & Design
Folio - Ideas
Holly produced a high quality folio to support this project. Here is one of her ideas pages.
You'll notice that each idea proposed the inclusion of moving parts, and two envisioned an internal mechanism.
Holly Christie - Standard Grade Craft & Design
Folio - Development
This is Holly's 'Development - How It Looks' page, where she has considered different ways the model could look.
Holly Christie - Standard Grade Craft & Design
Working Drawing
Mr Black produced this sketch technical drawing for Holly, based on her drawings, to ensure that the project would be buildable.
Holly Christie - Standard Grade Craft & Design
Working Drawing
Mr Black produced this sketch technical drawing for Holly, based on her drawings, to ensure that the project would be buildable.
Dominic Okigbo - Practical Craft Skills
Dom demonstrated patience throughout the works and created a very good product.
Dominic Okigbo - Practical Craft Skills
Unusually, Dom chose to place his turned handle near the bottom left of the door.
Dominic Okigbo - Practical Craft Skills
Door handle.
Dominic Okigbo - Practical Craft Skills
Detail at the pyrographed hand.
Dominic Okigbo - Practical Craft Skills
Dom made a particularly good job of turning the mahogany feet.
Dominic Okigbo - Practical Craft Skills
The carcase features a stopped housing joint at the shelf inside.
Dominic Okigbo - Practical Craft Skills
Detail of the mahogany feet.
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24 Jun ' 03:08
24 June 2011
Rory Mackay - Standard Grade Craft & Design
Wine Rack
Rory's wine rack turned out well. He completed it in April.
Rory Mackay - Standard Grade Craft & Design
Wine Rack
The rack accommodates six bottles of wine, and holds them at a slight upward tilt to horizontal.
Rory Mackay - Standard Grade Craft & Design
Wine Rack
The rack can cope with bottles that are slightly wider in diameter than is standard.
Rory Mackay - Standard Grade Craft & Design
Wine Rack
It is constructed in pine, except for the M.D.F. back board.
Rory Mackay - Standard Grade Craft & Design
Wine Rack
The M.D.F. back board is pinned and glued in place.
Rory Mackay - Standard Grade Craft & Design
Wine Rack
The triangular frames were laminated from thin strips of wood, heated in a steam box, then bent around a jig.
Rory Mackay - Standard Grade Craft & Design
Wine Rack
Rory produced a strong folio. This is one of his pages of sketch ideas.
Rory Mackay - Standard Grade Craft & Design
Wine Rack
Bending the thin strips of steamed pine around the specially made jig, to form the first frame.
From left: Hugh Morton, Rory, Emma McGinty and Mr Black.
Photo taken on 11 October 2010.
Rory Mackay - Standard Grade Craft & Design
Wine Rack
The first frame, held in the jig.
Rory Mackay - Standard Grade Craft & Design
Wine Rack
Bending the second batch of timber.
From left: Ritchie Cleeton, Stephanie Armstrong and Rory.
Rory Mackay - Standard Grade Craft & Design
Wine Rack
The rack received several coats of clear satin varnish.
Mrs Hislop's Cakes
The Mountain
Mrs Hislop enjoys decorating cakes.
This series of photos shows a recently completed one in the form of a mountain, with a river and several fugures.
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Mrs Hislop's web site - with lots more cakes on display.
Mrs Hislop's Cakes
The Mountain
The cake, before the figures were added.
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Mrs Hislop's web site - with lots more cakes on display.
Mrs Hislop's Cakes
The Mountain
Mrs Hislop sculpted all of the figures.
This fellow is dressed for the mountains: he has a high-necked jersey.
Mrs Hislop's web site - with lots more cakes on display.
Mrs Hislop's Cakes
The Mountain
The dog appears to be wearing a bib.
Mrs Hislop's web site - with lots more cakes on display.
Mrs Hislop's Cakes
The Mountain
The river has been given a shiny surface.
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The Mountain
The mountaineer is wearing a bobble hat.
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S1 / S2 Urban Planning Project
Publicity Poster - Exemplar
This is an extension assignment for our new urban planning project.
Pupils will take the house they modelled in Sketchup and insert it in to a suburban street scene.
The style of the image is based on railway posters of the 1930s.
We'll feature pupil examples some time in the autumn.
Staff Yearbook Photo
By Sarah Kerr
The CDT staff, photographed on 4 May, before Mrs Ossatian went off on maternity leave.
From left: Mr Stevenson; Mrs Ossatian; Mrs Smyth; Mrs Hislop; Mr Boyd; Mr Black and Mr Allan.
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17 Jun ' 09:17
17 June 2011
Emma McGinty - Standard Grade Craft & Design
'Hand' Jewellery Stand
Emma completed this striking model in April.
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Emma McGinty - Standard Grade Craft & Design
'Hand' Jewellery Stand
It is built from cherry wood, with ramin dowels at the finger joints.
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Emma McGinty - Standard Grade Craft & Design
'Hand' Jewellery Stand
The plan had been to make each finger joint articulate, but in the end, only the pivots where the forearm joins the base and hand are moveable. The finger joints were glued solid.
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Emma McGinty - Standard Grade Craft & Design
'Hand' Jewellery Stand
Emma intends to place the model at her dressing table and drape necklaces and earrings off the fingers.
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Emma McGinty - Standard Grade Craft & Design
'Hand' Jewellery Stand
The base was turned on a face plate, on the wood lathe.
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'Hand' Jewellery Stand
The forearm was turned between centres.
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Emma McGinty - Standard Grade Craft & Design
'Hand' Jewellery Stand
The fingers were cut at the scroll saw, then sanded and filed.
Detail drawings were needed for the fingers. Emma received some teacher help with this element, and also at final assembly stage.
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Aeroplane - Practical Craft Skills
For Prior-Verification
Mr Black recently completed this model aeroplane, for 'prior-verification' for the Practical Craft Skills Woodworking Skills course.
Construction photos - at our Flickr account
Aeroplane - Practical Craft Skills
For Prior-Verification
The wings are a frame structure, employing four mortise and tenon joints.
Construction photos - at our Flickr account
Aeroplane - Video Recording
The drive mechanism for the propeller works perfectly, moving forwards or backwards.
For a bigger version of the video recording, go to YouTube.
Aeroplane - Video Recording
The mechanism employs two pulleys and a knotted loop of dressmakers' elastic to transfer the power from the wheels to the propeller.
For a bigger version of the video recording, go to YouTube.
Aeroplane - Practical Craft Skills
For Prior-Verification
The fuselage uses rebate and stopped housing joints.
Construction photos - at our Flickr account
Aeroplane - Practical Craft Skills
For Prior-Verification
The wheels and upper pulley are turned in oak, the axles and propellers are ramin, the wing infill panels are plywood, and the remainder is mahogany.
Construction photos - at our Flickr account
Aeroplane - Practical Craft Skills
For Prior-Verification
The documentation will specify that the propeller spinner will be turned on a face plate at the wood lathe, and the pilot turned between centres.
Construction photos - at our Flickr account
Aeroplane - Practical Craft Skills
For Prior-Verification
The wheels and pulleys should ideally be turned at the wood lathe, but may alternatively be formed at the sanding disc.
Construction photos - at our Flickr account
Aeroplane - Video Recording
The axle pulley is turned in mahogany.
For a bigger version of the video recording, go to YouTube.
Aeroplane - Video Recording
The pulleys and wheels are drilled to accept grub screws, to hold them in place, as an alternative to glue. This has the advantage of allowing the model to be assembled and dismantled to make adjustments.
For a bigger version of the video recording, go to YouTube.
Aeroplane - Video Recording
In the video clips featured here, the grub screws have not been fitted.
For a bigger version of the video recording, go to YouTube.
Aeroplane - Practical Craft Skills
For Prior-Verification
A router was used to form a rebate to accept the plywood infill panels at the wings, and to round over the outer edges of the wings.
Construction photos - at our Flickr account
Aeroplane - Practical Craft Skills
For Prior-Verification
Transparent red dye was used on some components, with varnish on top.
Construction photos - at our Flickr account
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10 Jun ' 10:20
10 June 2011
Helen McIlwrick - Advanced Higher Graphics
3D Environment
Helen based her environment on Pixar's 'Toy Story' and made a great job of it.
tiptopdesigns.com - Helen's site.
Helen McIlwrick - Advanced Higher Graphics
3D Environment
Woody is the main character, and he's using an (oversize) water pistol.
Except for the water pistol, the entire scene was created in Blender. The pistol was modelled in Pro/Engineer, then imported as an STL file.
Helen didn't have time to UV map Woody's clothing to his body. Instead she's added colour individually to each face of the mesh.
tiptopdesigns.com - Helen's site.
Helen McIlwrick - Advanced Higher Graphics
3D Environment
Helen modelled most of the elements of the environment, but Rex the dinosaur was provided by her classmate Robert Hackett.
Helen applied an image from the actual Toy Story film on to the bed cover.
tiptopdesigns.com - Helen's site.
Helen McIlwrick - Advanced Higher Graphics
3D Environment
In this view, the water pistol is missing, but a ball is hovering in mid air.
tiptopdesigns.com - Helen's site.
Helen McIlwrick - Advanced Higher Graphics
3D Environment
The dragon was provided by Helen's classmate Andy Chan.
tiptopdesigns.com - Helen's site.
Helen McIlwrick - Advanced Higher Graphics
3D Environment
With more time, Helen could have UV mapped the continents properly on to the globe.
tiptopdesigns.com - Helen's site.
Helen McIlwrick - Advanced Higher Graphics
3D Environment
In this corner of the environment, a car is driving down a chute, while Hamm the piggy bank looks on.
Helen has mapped a repeating cloud graphic on to the walls.
tiptopdesigns.com - Helen's site.
Matthew Skene - Practical Craft Skills
Matthew's cabinet turned out well.
He decorated it by drawing a hand then pyrographing it. He added some colour using water based paint.
Matthew Skene - Practical Craft Skills
Matthew's cabinet turned out well.
Detail at the pyrographed hand.
Matthew Skene - Practical Craft Skills
Matthew Skene - Practical Craft Skills
Underside, showing the oak feet, turned on the wood lathe.
Matthew Skene - Practical Craft Skills
Matthew plugged the screw holes in the upright using walnut.
Matthew Skene - Practical Craft Skills
Matthew turned a handle for the door, but mislaid it during assembly, so used an 'off the peg' handle.
Inevitably, the handle was found after the varnishing was done.
Matthew Skene - Practical Craft Skills
The unused handle, turned in mahogany using an expanding collet chuck.
Matthew Skene - Practical Craft Skills
Notice that Matthew chose to mount the top with the grain running front to back. The timber will have a tendency to bow, though it currently looks fine.
Matthew Skene - Practical Craft Skills
Back view showing the MDF panels. Matthew routed the carcase to accept the MDF.
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