Day 4 of my 3D memories model

Now that my floors and my steal rods have been cut I need to drill a hole through the steal at 3 points for each floor so the metal rod I will cut can slide through to hold the floor at a certain level.

To cut the metal rod I used a hack saw and cut out 24 pieces at 2cm a piece so it's long enough to hold up the floor when put through the steal beam but still small enough to be hidden.

Day 3 of my 3D memories model

After drilling the holes and filing them down it was now time to cut down the steal rod and file them down so they fit through the holes in the 3 floor I cut out earlier.

Shown in the pictures below I'm using a hack saw to cut the rod to the length I want it to be (45 cm) so I have 8 rods to hold my model up.

Now to file them down on each end to fit through the holes which I've cut and filed down so they slide through perfectly.

day 2 of my 3D memories model

 now that my floors have been cut out on the band saw to get a precise and clean cut now to measure up in the corners and how far in the holes for the steal rods have to go. If too far out the wood will crack and if they are too far in then I won't have enough room to place any items.

Once marked out I then take the wood to the drill where I then drill the centre, to then make it a larger and square hole i then used a square file to finish off the hole to make each hole the right size and shape.

day one of my 3D memories model

here is the building half demolished that I am basing my final 3D piece on. the building is an old council set of offices that have been knocked down to make way for a temporary market. 

 here shows the image of how much everything would cost plus how we would measure out everything along with the measurements for each floor and the measurements for each length of steal that would be used to stand the building up and separate each floor.

from these photos I have shown how I've measured out all the floors, a total of 3 floors each cut down to size on the band saw, these were all cut to the same measurements so they would line up and stand straight when the steal rods would be put through to make it stand on its own.

memories project

for this project I am given the word memories, my project is pretty basic with the theme of memories as I am using my own memories from when I was younger to right now. these memories I will be using aren't just random ones they are significant from my younger years such as my first pair of shoes, baby photos as well as my favourite music when I was younger and my favourite toys to now with photos of my holidays in Cornwall with my family and special items I've collected over time. 

this project I will be using significant memories as well as special items by creating a 3D piece symbolising an old building that was demolished this year in our town centre so I am remembering my home town as well as all the memories and special items I've collected will be modelled and put into the 3D piece so it looks like a gallery.