Canteen progress, final

I finished the canteen in class on wednesay. I was able to line up the two pieces very straight by sanding the connecting surfaces against a flat surface of sandpaper.

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I started the project by glueing two pieces of mdf together with super 77. From there I drew a light flame-like shape on the mdf. I then cut the shape out using the bandsaw and scrollsaw. After the routing demo, I routed the edges to form a radius. I then sanded the mold to avoid any divits and scrapes. After separating the mold into two pieces, I vacuformed one side. My first attempts were unsuccessful so I tried again. The second time I waited a bit longer before pulling the lever and added 3 xacto blades to support the two thin areas at the top of my mold. This time I was successful- the two pieces looked great. Next, I cut the two pieces out and started sanding. When they aligned directly, I added a 1/4 inch support within the perimeter of each side and glue'd them together with weld-on. I finished by sanding rough areas and filling gaps with paste.

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