Manufacturing Plan

Steps 1, 2 and 3
Steps 4, 5 and 6

Step 1
We took a piece of wood called Step 4
pine, 150cm (15cm by 10cm)
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and the depth was 2cm. After,
we cut it according to our
chosen design by a coping saw.
To make the cutting easier and
safer, we had the piece of wood
rest in the vice and tightened it
up so the piece of wood
wouldn’t just slip off.
Furthermore, you had to cut
gently as the wood may break.
Step 2
After drilling holes in the wood, we vacuumed formed
our piece of wood by a vacuum former. Vacuuming
forming, is when, a sheet of plastic is heated to a forming
temperature, stretched onto a single-surface mould, and
forced against the mould by a vacuum and is formed into
permanent objects. We did this, so the vacuum forming
could act like a ‘safety mat’ for are piece of wood.
Moreover, it could make our phone holder look more
attractive, so if you were to buy it, our phone holder
would be the ‘eye-catching’ model.

When we finished cutting, we Step 5

sanded it by a disk sander, if
you wanted to have curved T
edges you would have to use
the spindle sander. Too make
the work safer you had wear
goggles all time in the
workshop. In addition, until all
sides weren’t as smooth as
paper we couldn’t move on.
Step 3
Thirdly, after sanding the
piece of wood, we made two
holes about two centimetres
from the back edge of the piece
of wood. To drill in the holes we
used a DT machine called the
jig, to operate the machine to
make holes in the wood you
would have to switch it on and
then gently pull the lever and
drill into the markings until
you reach the taped marking
on the drill.