Monday, November 16, 2009
Week two of cardboard box project
So as of this week I have gained a car and dorm full of cardboard boxes and part of a chair. Via google, I have found many different ideas for cardboard box chairs and have attempted one design. I've been working on the design and haven't finished but so far so good. It's ending up being pretty complicated because I'm trying to do it without any glue/adhesives. Also, when I went to the store to get a utility knife, I forgot to buy a ruler, so my cuts have been measured with a 12" paper ruler that I printed out (on recycled paper!) which was a little difficult. Generally I had trouble cutting good/accurate lines. Hopefully this won't hurt the design in the long run! Thanks for the comments people left before. The design I ended up picking is available here: http://www.andrewsenior.com/gallery/design/cardboard_instruct.html if anybody wants to take a look. It's basically a regular chair, but the guy sells them so I'm assuming they have to be decently sturdy! If I successfully finish this one (which I should in a few days), I think I'm going to try a design of my own. I've already been thinking about that for awhile, but I figured it would probably be best to start with a "tried and true" method first. I have also been trying to save all my scraps. My idea for those is to make some type of pillow for the chair filled with little pieces of scraps. The place I ended up getting cardboard boxes from also gave me bubble wrap and some packing foam so I have to figure out how to use that too... Overall I have been working quite a bit, but don't have anything too substantial to show for it yet. I don't know if it's just because I've probably handled a utility knife only a couple times in my life, but it has been taking me forever to cut out pieces. It's kind of sad really. Anyways, I should have more concrete (or cardboard!) evidence of my work by the end of this upcoming week - that is, if everything comes together as planned.
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This project sounds really cool! What are you planning on using to connect the pieces?
ReplyDeletenothing...! that's the hardest part! it all fits together without adhesives (hopefully..)
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