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Bronze Floors

Project type

Digital Fabrication

Date

2011.06.02

Location

Martinez, California

We created a parametric structural model for cast floor members (structural straps along the keel of a wooden boat) and created a script to output the draft angles, parting line, gating, and other casting considerations into drag & cope geometry and CNC gcode. We then machined sand molds, built a foundry, and cast a lot of bronze.

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fig.0021 chased & completed casting ~ fl.3a

fig.0021 chased & completed casting ~ fl.3a

fig.0019 raw casting with gating & risering ~ fl.3a

fig.0019 raw casting with gating & risering ~ fl.3a

fig.0018 casting bronze at the loisos & ubbelohde foundry ~ image credit will clark

fig.0018 casting bronze at the loisos & ubbelohde foundry ~ image credit will clark

fig.0016 milled olivine sand mold for small floor member

fig.0016 milled olivine sand mold for small floor member

fig.0011 the chimp milling the drag half of a floor mold

fig.0011 the chimp milling the drag half of a floor mold

fig.0008 dp floor model ~ spitting out volumetric data

fig.0008 dp floor model ~ spitting out volumetric data

fig.0008 dp floor model ~ defining the stringer-hoppers

fig.0008 dp floor model ~ defining the stringer-hoppers

fig.0007 dp floor model ~ defining the arm geometry

fig.0007 dp floor model ~ defining the arm geometry

fig.0006 shireen section ~ showing the 36 discrete floor members along the keel

fig.0006 shireen section ~ showing the 36 discrete floor members along the keel

fig.0004 shireen interior ~ looking forward

fig.0004 shireen interior ~ looking forward

fig.0003 shireen in restoration

fig.0003 shireen in restoration

2010.07.28 screenshots ~ floors 000 series

2010.07.28 screenshots ~ floors 000 series

2010.02.08 screenshots ~ dp.FL.G 003

2010.02.08 screenshots ~ dp.FL.G 003

2009.09.23 screenshot.rhino.FL.H.draftangles 006

2009.09.23 screenshot.rhino.FL.H.draftangles 006

fig.0008 dp floor model ~ defining the stringer-hoppers

fig.0008 dp floor model ~ defining the stringer-hoppers

fig.0007 dp floor model ~ defining the arm geometry

fig.0007 dp floor model ~ defining the arm geometry

fig.0006 shireen section ~ showing the 36 discrete floor members along the keel

fig.0006 shireen section ~ showing the 36 discrete floor members along the keel

fig.0004 shireen interior ~ looking forward

fig.0004 shireen interior ~ looking forward

fig.0003 shireen in restoration

fig.0003 shireen in restoration

2010.07.28 screenshots ~ floors 000 series

2010.07.28 screenshots ~ floors 000 series

2010.02.08 screenshots ~ dp.FL.G 003

2010.02.08 screenshots ~ dp.FL.G 003

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