Woodcut 2 development

After getting to the wood workshop we found out that you cannot laser cut thick enough wood as we desired, you can only laser cut through 6mm of wood and we needed thicker wood than that in order to hold the small ball that will be descending. 

As we were trying to complete each stage quickly to give ourselves more time for each stage we decided quickly to then go back to the offcuts and decided to cut them in to different shapes. 

So we roughly pencilled in the different shapes that we wanted then measured each of the different blocks in cm so that they could be cut to the exact sizes that we wanted.

We then had them cut up to the exact measurement we wanted :

 


Once we had them all cut up into the size we wanted, we then decided to work on the different shapes, as all children's building blocks are different we knew we needed a variety of different sizes and shapes to make it interesting for the children that are the audience. To do so we used the sanding machine to create the looks we wanted.

 

After this we went over them with sanding paper to make sure there were no loose sections of wood and to make sure that they were perfect ready for the next stages.

 


The wood we chose from the offcuts was Red Pine Wood made in Switzerland as it has the perfect temperatures there for this wood to be grown. It is a softwood which allows it to be used for aspects such as children's toys as it is lightweight and makes it safe to use around children.