My Metal!

Yay! My aluminium rod & sheet steel have arrived, which means that I'm almost ready to build - just need to get the paperwork out of the way & make sure the design is perfect!

Sheet Steel

After consulting engineering about making the viewer from sheet metal, they said that it can be done! I just need to provide the materials & technical drawings, then they can begin construction. I just need to finalise the design.

I was recommended that I should use 1.5mm thick, hot rolled sheet steel as it the strongest & easiest to work with.

I will also be using 3 inch round aluminium bar to make the eye piece & dials.

Progress!

Aluminium

Sean managed to waggle some sheets of spare aluminium from the print making department - although they are thin & not very strong, it allows me to make a aesthetic prototype, just to see how the viewer will look like made of metal & how it will look sprayed up. Nice!