Background Story
For this project I really didn’t think I have too many small object to store, mainly because I simply just put everything in my pocket. However I have always been a fan of smart kitchen gadgets so I thought it would be cool if I could build something for my kitchen. So I looked around, and found lots of small bottles of spice and small tasting spoons that were sort of just lying on the counter top and looked kinda messy, so I decided to build a little spice cabinet.
p 1, 2: the bottles of spices & the place I wanted to place the spice rack in my kitchen
Designing and Sketching:
So using a caliper I measured the dimensions of all the small bottles very presicely (which I later discovered I didn’t have to), and used that to finish the design of the cabinet. I also designed the way to hold the spoons in this stage.
Then I tried to design the Illustrator file. Here I rtied my best to fit everything into a 40*20 board, while the gaps in the middle were all exactly 6.35mms wide. However later when Andy was modifying the file he made all the gap 15mm wide to prevent the cnc going two times on the same line……
p 4, 5: before and after modifying.
Fabricating:
So I CNCed it, and a few things I thought were important: firstly the thickness of the board should be noted before anything because some of us were using 15mm while others were using 18mm, this changes the setting of the cnc so its important to take note of that before everything — even before designing; secondly, blue tape is usefull in preventing tearing.
technical highlights: I made a quick jig for cutting the 45-degree angle on the side pieces, which made the process a lot quicker and more precise.
Sanding and finishing:
to be done……
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