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The Light BOX flow diagram

Alan Paulson Design and Technology Year 10 English

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  1. THE IRIS MECHANISM

  2. Prepare the Iris Mechanism cut files using the plan

  3. Are the cut files prepared?

  4. turn on the laser-cutter and wait for the red light (which tells you when the laser is ready) to turn off. Meanwhile focus the laser with the autofocus function.

  5. has the red light turned off and have you finished autofocussing

  6. Cut out the layout on the 3mm MDF

  7. yes

  8. no

  9. yes

  10. no

  11. are the pieces cut?

  12. put the rings together and feed rivets through

  13. are the rings in place?

  14. next place the supports through and then the petals on the end of those.

  15. have supports and petals been placed

  16. put the top layer to put the petals in place

  17. has the top layer been put in place?

  18. set the Iris aside until in use...

  19. yes

  20. yes

  21. yes

  22. yes

  23. no

  24. no

  25. no

  26. no

  27. THE PHOTO FRAME CORNERS

  28. Prepare the cut files on 2d design.

  29. are the cut files ready?

  30. Get the laser cutter ready and auto focussed and cut out the file.

  31. are the pieces cut?

  32. Stick together the pieces using Titbond wood glue.

  33. Are the pieces all glued together to make 4 different corners.

  34. Set the pieces aside to use in assembly...

  35. CALENDAR HOLDER AND DATES

  36. ​​​​​​Cut out the Calendar holder on beech pieces

  37. Are the Beech pieces cut?

  38. Glue the pieces with Titebond and leave to one side to dry.

  39. Cut out Mahogany pieces using the calendar figure scale drawing

  40. ​​​​​​Are the Mahogany pieces cut?

  41. Set the laser cutter to engrave and engrave the days and months onto separate mahogany pieces

  42. Have the figures been engraved?

  43. ​​​​​​Get a light wood filler like beech or pine and fill in the engraved area. And when it's dry sand off the excess to leave a lovely printed date on the piece.

  44. Have the figures been sanded and finished off?

  45. Set the figures aside and then pull our the beech pieces that should have dried and then stain them using the wood stains. (medium oak and them let them dry)

  46. MINI DRAWERS

  47. no

  48. no

  49. no

  50. no

  51. no

  52. no

  53. no

  54. yes

  55. yes

  56. yes

  57. yes

  58. yes

  59. yes

  60. yes

  61. Mark out the sizes of the drawers on pieces of oak.

  62. have the pieces been marked out?

  63. laser cut the pieces of acrylic for the drawer to slide easily on.

  64. have the acryllic pieces been laser cut?

  65. Cut out the pieces of oak that have been marked out.

  66. have the pieces been cut out?

  67. cut angled corners using a sliding bevel tri-square. and cut them using a tenon saw.

  68. have the corners been cut?

  69. cut small splints to fill the gap and then apply some titebond which should fix the splint in place.

  70. has the titebond wood glue been added to the splint in the gap??

  71. wait for the glue to dry

  72. has the glue dried?

  73. sand off / cut off the excess splint to finish offwith a clean joint.

  74. has the sides been sanded off smooth?

  75. MINI DRAWER RAILS

  76. prepare to laser cut the acrylic sides for the mini drawers to slide easily upon.

  77. Is the file ready to be cut?

  78. attach the acrylic sides together to make an open box. The open end is where the drawer slides in and out of.

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  79. BACK LOCKED CABINET

  80. Using the orthographic drawing, mark out the sizes for the huge back cabinet

  81. Are the pieces all marked out?

  82. Cut out the pieces on pine except the front of the drawer as this is the visible side.

  83. have the pieces been cut out?

  84. glue the pine pieces together using titebond and it should form an open box.

  85. you can now put them aside

  86. have the pieces glued together.

  87. Leave all pieces to one side until assembly.

  88. THE IRIS MECHANISM

  89. THE PHOTO FRAME CORNERS

  90. CALENDAR HOLDER AND DATES

  91. MINI DRAWERS

  92. MINI DRAWER RAILS

  93. BACK LOCKED CABINET

  94. FROSTED ACRYLIC LIGHT COVERS

  95. ​​​​mark out 200mm by 200mm pieces of acrylic on 2d design

  96. are the pieces all marked out?

  97. Get the laser cutter ready and auto focussed and cut out the file.

  98. are the pieces cut?

  99. Set the pieces aside to use in assembly...

  100. FROSTED ACRYLIC LIGHT COVERS

  101. ASSEMBLY

  102. Get the Oak veneered MDF and cut it into 3 pieces of size 250mm x 500mm

  103. has the iris and calendar been glued on?

  104. Have the mitre splint joints been made?

  105. are the pieces cut out?

  106. Has the front panel been screwed on.

  107. Are the photo frame corners glued on?

  108. Has the front panel pieces been cut?

  109. Has the hole for the iris been cut?

  110. Cut out the mini pieces used to make the front panel

  111. laser cut the front drawer frame on acrylic and screw on with 4 M4/M5 countersunk screws.

  112. Cut a Hole out of the left side midway through the top square for the Iris to glue on.

  113. Glue on the Iris mechanism and the calendar holder frame using titebond and the orthographic drawing

  114. Make Mitre splint joints just like the ones on the mini drawer

  115. look at the right side of the light. Glue on the photo frame corners using the orthographic drawing and titbond

  116. Stick the frosted acrylic onto the back of the square holes using 2 part epoxy

  117. Insert the drawers and attach hinges to the back 'cabinet'

  118. Are the panels placed on?

  119. Has the frosted acrylic squares been glued on?​​​

  120. Are the drawers in place as well as the hinges for the back cabinet

  121. Place the top and bottom pieces of the drawer to end off.

  122. Glue on an aluminium sheet with a hole just big enough to fit the bulb holder where the orthographic drawing tells you to glue it

  123. Has the aluminium sheet been placed?

  124. FINISHED LIGHT BOX

  125. Glue together the front frame pieces using titebond.

  126. Has the front panel finished gluing and dried?

  127. yes

  128. yes

  129. yes

  130. yes

  131. yes

  132. yes

  133. yes

  134. yes

  135. yes

  136. yes

  137. yes

  138. yes

  139. yes

  140. yes

  141. yes

  142. yes

  143. yes

  144. yes

  145. yes

  146. yes

  147. yes

  148. yes

  149. yes

  150. yes

  151. yes

  152. no

  153. no

  154. no

  155. no

  156. no

  157. no

  158. no

  159. no

  160. no

  161. no

  162. no

  163. no

  164. no

  165. no

  166. no

  167. no

  168. no

  169. no

  170. no

  171. no

  172. no

  173. no

  174. no

  175. no

  176. no

  177. 10

  178. 5

  179. 10

  180. 1

  181. 2

  182. 1

  183. 1

  184. 5

  185. 30

  186. 15

  187. 30

  188. 30

  189. 15

  190. 30

  191. 120

  192. 5

  193. 15

  194. 10

  195. 60

  196. 45

  197. 15

  198. 15

  199. 15

  200. 10

  201. 45

  202. 15

  203. 10

  204. 30

  205. 15

  206. 45

  207. 30

  208. 45

  209. 45

  210. 5

  211. 15

  212. 5

  213. 45

  214. 45

  215. 15

  216. 10

  217. 20

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Year 10 Design and Technology Flowchart on The Light BOX flow diagram, created by Alan Paulson on 14/01/2018.
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