The Tray
As
we now have more experiences in shaping aluminium sheets, we were expected to
produce a fine and smooth finish. The aim of this task was to produce a tray
with around 10 millimeter edges on each side.
The above images show two of the tools that
I mostly used in hammering the tray, they are the metal cutting tin snips on
the left image and the ball-peen hammer on the right image.
To avoid creating stretch marks on the aluminium, I placed a timber
block on each side of the sheet to prevent the aluminium piece from being
directly hit by the ball-peen hammer. Using the round shape die helps forming
round edges around the aluminium piece as shown in the above images.
Here is an image of my finished aluminium
tray:
Match with partner's work:
Critical thinking- This aluminium piece can
simply be used as a tray for baking, delivering food, storing accessories etc.
However, what if I scale up the tray to a 1:1 scale table top?
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