Basic Tech Drawing

The basic flat pattern - note joining details absent at the moment.. I was trying to squeeze 2 of my stools onto the one 1200 x 1800 Xanita board, but I would have to reduce my seat size which is already small, so may not be able to do that...

The Joy of Joining

My latest locking/joining/fastening system, this design still leaves a few weak spots which will need to be resolved but it is a step up from sticky tape... actually a step down, but sticky tape is disallowed.. so a step up!

Back To The Cardboard

The paper model mocked up in cardboard

Back To The Paper

Similar but different design resolves some of the problems I was experiencing with internal support structures. Time to mock up in cardboard, plus devise a genius locking system...

finalising in cardboard

A little bit of sticky tape does wonders, this design supports my weight although I doubt it would hold more than 85kg. Just need to work out a good joining system.. It should be stronger in the Xanita, if not I may add some sort of support structure through the centre.

Cardboard time

the last one is a folding alteration of the original flat pattern, it seems a little stronger, the top design only just supports my direct weight but any shifting of weight and it begins to collapse. The main problem is holding it together, the top design is tied together with a string.

Pyra development

still needs a joining system to keep it all together.... doing it in cardboard now, might be easier to work out...

Interesting

Solidworks makes me so mad

After attempting complex sheet metal folds in solidworks I became very angry so I have ditched the software to create in the real world. this is a very basic stool I created. It is not very comfortable but supports my weight..

Just to make me sad about my cardboard skills