8. Computer controlled machining¶
Make Something Big¶
Challenge accepted.
Big #1 - A classic German Eckbank¶
Statement of the Problem¶
The objective of this assignment is to build a classic piece of German furniture to fit in the northeast corner of my new kitchen, which I’ve been renovating off and on since January 2019. I’ll describe that project elsewhere, since I’ve used several of the skills I’ve picked up in the FabAcademy to accomplish pieces of it.
The space the bench is to inhabit is shown in the picture above. It is to fit beneath the windows between the steel post and the green wall, and then come around the corner toward the photographer, along the green wall. Under the windows and behind the bench, there will be a radiator, which of course has to be able to convect heat up in front of the windows and pull cold air in along the floor.
Parametric Design¶
Because at the time of designing this piece of furniture, I’m not completely sure yet of the dimensions of the corner of the kitchen where it’s eventually going to go, I’m going to make it using parametric design, so that it’s easy to stretch, shrink, etc., once the walls are finished.
Because I can, I’m going to do the design in OpenSCAD and see what happens.