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Week 9 - Composites

 

This week's assignment involved the creation of a fiber composite object. I decided

to extend my board project from week 5.

 

New Board Milling

I had to mill a new board because the old one was damaged.

 

milling

 

Burlap Lazercutting

I cut the parts and created a pattern on the burlap by burning a raster on the fabric.

 

laser cutting

 

Attaching Burlap to Foam

Attaching the burlap to the foam was quite hard. I used pins to keep it in place.

 

laying the fabric

laying the fabric 2

 

Final Board

After I pinned the burlap on the foam I poured the resin. The final result was not

perfect because the burlap was really thick and it wouldn't fold in the right way

even with the use of the vacuum bag.

 

finished board