This is the blog for the Philadelphia University Industrial Design Fabrication class. The class focuses on mock-up and prototyping techniques used in Industrial design. Comments are welcome, we would love to hear what you think.
Thursday, April 23, 2009
Tent Progress
Here are some shots of the progress that I have made on my tent during todays class. I focused on crafting the tent poles. To bend the poles into position, I first took the heat gun and ran it along the joint area, then bent the PVC around a wooden circle jig. Once all the pole were bend into place, I taped the bottoms together and mounted it against the bottom of a wall. This allowed me to make a template from paper for the vinyl fabric cover. I removed the cover, took apart the poles and sanded them down. They are now ready for primer and aluminum paint.



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