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Analyse a range of existing products that inspire a solution to the problem

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Explain and justify the need for a solution to a problem for a specified client/target audience.

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What questions do we need to answer before we can make something

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What questions do we need to answer before we can make something

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Identify and prioritize the primary and secondary research needed to develop a solution to the problem.

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Develop a detailed design brief, which summarizes the analysis of relevant research

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This joint on the chair are two blocks of woods. One block of wood is carved out all the way through. This joint is called mortise and tenon woodworking joints. This joint is one of the strongest joints and is made of two pieces of wood at 90 degree angles. When doing this you can use glue to seal it.
When I am creating my chair a joint that i would use would be the mortise and tenon joint because i know that I would want a sturdy joint so that my chair can hold a lot of weight.

The other features used in this chair is the way the builder weaved the seat with string, they could have done this because this is how they traditional built chairs in Ireland. For my chair I would not use this feature because it dose not associate with my culture and it would not be sturdy enough for the width of my base.

When the builder was making this chair he decided not to use colour or paint and I would not use this for my chair because Traditional Texas has a very rich culture that involves lots or art and colour.

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I have decided to choose this topic because traditional texan music is not considered its own music for the fact that it is apart of American  culture. But Texas was not always apart of America and developed its own culture long ago. I feel this is worth representing because Texas does have a very rich culture and I feel that this would make for a very artistic and well down chair. What makes Texan culture so rich and worth representing is because its large influence on the art community. Texas is known for its famous museums across the country. The Dallas art district is known to have the most art museums and galleries throughout the entire nation.(“Reasons I find Texas so Attractive and Rich in Arts and Culture”)

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1. What joint would be best to use for 2 pieces of 90 degree wood?

“Trim Carpentry: Right Angle Joints.” Kreg Tool, www.kregtool.com/store/c43/dvds/.

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2. How do you stain yarn?

“How to Stain Wood & Wood Staining Tips.” Minwax, www.minwax.com/how-to-finish-wood/staining-wood/.

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“How to Stain Wood & Wood Staining Tips.” Minwax, www.minwax.com/how-to-finish-wood/staining-wood/.

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3. How much weight can stools hold?
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4. What paint is the most resistant to water?

“Waterproof Paint Types and Benefits.” Google Search, Google, www.google.com/amp/s/paintloverharyana.wordpress.com/2014/05/17/waterproof-paint-types-and-benefits/amp/.

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5. What kind of wood are most stools made of?

“OUR GUIDE TO WOOD TYPES.” Guide To Wood Types | Furniture 123, furniture123.co.uk/content/wood-types.

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6. What is the wood is most used in America/ Texas?

“Texas Native Trees: Species That Thrive In Our Climate | ABC Blog.” ABC Home & Commercial Services Blog, 1 Mar. 2018, www.abchomeandcommercial.com/blog/texas-native-trees/.

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7. What joint would best be used for 100 degree joints?

April 10, 2010 By Editor & filed under Joinery, Skill Building. “Woodworking Joints: Which Wood Joints Should You Use?” WoodWorkers Guild of America, 29 Aug. 2018, www.wwgoa.com/article/woodworking-joints-which-ones-should-you-use/.

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This chair consists of wood and a leather cushion. Which is made up of cotton and is sewn to a wood board and placed (possibly glued) on the wooden chair frame. To make this chair the person had to put wood together and he possibly made a mortise and tenon joint and could have used some sort of glue to put it together. I would have to be able to drill and carve out holes to make this chair, so i would have to know how to work a drill. What i like about this chair is that it is sturdy and can hold a lot of weight. What I dislike about this chair is that it is very bland and does not have much colour to it. The builder probably only stained the wood and he used brown leather. What I would try to avoid when making a chair similar to this is making the backing of the chair stand for something cultural and meaningful, then just making it plain. Some things that I could take away from this is staining the wood, this could possibly be a tool that could be valuable in capturing Traditional Texan Music. Most of everything used to make this chair could be found at SSIS but I may to get leather outside of school.

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What I am planning to make is a chair that represents Traditional Texan Culture. The way that I plan to do this by using leather to show the state animal which is a Texas Longhorn, which is where leather comes from. By making this chair I would hope that my client, Ms. Greene can tell from my chair that I have done Texas Culture. I plant to meet with her and ask her questions so that I can for sure know that I have showed the culture enough.

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My target audience is the staff of SSIS. If I succeed, my chair will bring light to Traditional Texan Music and help more people understand more about. The reason I want to represent this culture is because being from Texas I didn't even know very much about this topic and I want more people to know what its about so they can enjoy as much as I have.

Things that need to be considered to create this project:
How much time have to create this
What materials I need to use
What kind of wood that i need
Do i need anything from outside of school

What my research has told me about my audience is that not many people know a whole lot about this topic. How I have concluded this is because not many people are from Texas and this is not a topic that you just know common knowledge about.

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Some difficulties that will be faced are time limits, knowing from last project i almost couldn't get all of the work done because I was procrastinating and tried to get all of my work done at the end. Another constraint is to get correct research, when i am researching this topic. I need to make sure that i am getting my information form trusted sites and when I ask Ms. Greene I need to make sure that I am coming to her with correct information.

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If this product is a success this would mean that my client, Ms. Greene would have approval of it. And my target audience, the SSIS community would learn from my product and understand more about traditional Texan Music culture. Also what would make my creation a success is if my chair would be finished with all of the ideas and information that I have gotten from the internet.

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“Reasons I Find Texas So Attractive and Rich In Arts And Culture.” Worldwidenets.co.uk, 11 Aug. 2017, worldwidenets.co.uk/reasons-i-find-texas-so-attractive-and-rich-in-arts-and-culture/.

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Some features used in this chair are the way the legs are positioned, they are not put at a 90 degree angle but are angled outward and have two other pieces of wood holding together two legs. When making my chair I would use this feature for more stability and to keep the four legs from collapsing if two much weight is put on the wrong spot. I could find the materials for this chair at SSIS for all I would need are blocks of wood to carve

Another feature that is used for this chair is the way that the backing of the chair is curved, this could serve the purpose of just the looks because the rest of chair has curved edges. I could use this for my chair because the curved edges could as make the chair less likely to have chips or dents.

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My chosen chair is chair is chair 4, I have chosen this chair because it represents Texan culture well by having the leather cushion, and the backing of the chair will have a large star on it. These two things represent Texan culture because leather is used a lot in Texas and the single star because Texas is known as "The Lone Star State".

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The level of skill that this chair will take is 7/10. The reasoning for this is because I will need to staple leather to wood, I will use a staple gun for this and I have never used a staple gun before. I will also be using a drill to get the legs on. I will use a mortise and tennon joint to put the backing of the chair together.

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Construct a logical plan, which describes the efficient use of time and resources, sufficient for peers to be able to follow to create the solution

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Demonstrate excellent technical skills when making the solution

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Follow the plan to create the solution, which functions as intended

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Fully justify changes made to the chosen design and plan when making the solution

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Show multiple views of the completed solution

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Design detailed and relevant testing methods, which generate data, to measure the success of the solution

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critically evaluate the success of the solution against the design specification

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Explain how the solution could be improved

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Explain the impact of the solution on the client/target audience

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- Specially Cut Wood
- Saw
-Mallet
-Chipper
-Clamp

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Before creating my design I wrote out the pieces that i was going use and the measurements, this allowed me to get all the pieces before i put them together. Once i got all the pieces i no longer needed the sheet and I put the pieces together.

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when i start i need to make a sheet of all of the pieces that I will need and the measurements s of them. After this i will sand down the pieces using sandpaper and the sanding machine. Once all of the pieces are the same size and sanded down then put them together using the joints such as mortise and ten-non and the rabbet joint. Once I finish the joints i will secure some of the joints with nails so they have more support. then when all the pieces are secured together stain it using wither coffee or tea. The tea/coffee will give it a darker look. This is when you put the final cushion on using staples and can sand the chair one more final time and they chair should be completed.

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I used trial and error as one of my skills to test my chair to see if it was repeatedly hit would it break apart, slide across the floor, or knock over. After testing my chair i found that it was sturdy but not heavy enough to not slide across the floor. This skill can be used with any product that is made to test how durable it is and if it endures impact will it break or stay together. After doing this test I concluded that my chair was sturdy but that i needed to work on making the legs the same length.

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Another one of the skills that I used was drawing out the design for my chair. Before now I have never done this before and using the videos that Mr. Donnelly provided helped with learning how to draw out the chairs. I used the real measurements and used the methods that the video told me to use such as the cushion has a line going over it to show its slope and the chair being taken from many views.

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While creating the measurements of my drawing i used inches instead of centimeters and when it came to the time where I had to cut the pieces I had to quickly change the measurements so that I would be ale to use the ruler to measure them, this prevented my chair to be 40 inches(101 centimeters) tall it became 40 cm tall this made the chair much smaller than i had intended it to be but It was a last minute change.

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My original chair was to be stained to make it a darker color and use a dark brown cushion. But due to my time constraints i did not have enough time to order the brown leather and I had to change my design so that I could use the leather but the color of the leather changed. I used the white leather with just a glazed chair, the reason I had to do this as because I needed to use leather to represent Texan Culture but I couldn't leave my chair naked with nothing on it.

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During this test of adding of the 10 kg weights was to test how much weight the chair could hold. My chair held 40 kg, my chair did not break but it exceeded the expectation of 20 kg for my chair is meant for a toddler and the average weight of a toddler is about 11 kg. This would mean that my chair could hold the weight of about a 10 year old.

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This test gave us the information of how far tilted back our chair could go before tipping over and this helped by if someone is leaning back will the fall or if they push back on the backing does it fall backwards or not. My chair was able to go 40 degrees before falling backward. the disadvantage to this test was that my chair did not have a back at the time so it did not give accurate results for my final chair.

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The impact test helped us understand if the chair could take a beating or if it slide on the floor. This could help me in the future make a sturdy chair that would not slide when hit. When my chair endured the impact it slide about 36 centimeters this means it does not have very good grip. My chair did not break when hit which is a good sign that it is sturdy.

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The last test that I executed was another impact test where I recorded if the chair broke or became wobbly, how far it traveled after bing hit by the back of the door. This test will help me understand if my chair can endure a repetitive beating. My reasoning for this is because the size of my chair is small and meant for a toddler, if it were to be put in a toddlers room it could be hit or damaged but it should not break. From what i learned from this test i have come to the conclusion that my chair would be fit in a toddlers room for it never became very damaged and does not slide with a certain amount of weight on it.

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The biggest difference to my original design specifications was the size of my chair. Originally is states that my dimensions would have been 15 by 20 by 30 but after messing up my centimeters and inches I ended making my chair bigger by making the dimensions 20 by 20 by 40. This ended up making my chair more proportional and larger so that a toddler would be able to fit on it and it would hold its weight.
Another last minute change to my chair was i did not stain it to make it darker but i will just glaze and add the leather which will not be a dark brown but a white color. The reason fro this is because due to time constraints I wasn't able to order the dark leather and the white leather with the dark chair would not have looked aesthetically pleasing.
In the beginning of my chair I had planned to also paint the bottom of the legs orange and white but when I was putting the chair together I saw that painting of it would have made it look too childish and the type of chair I was going for, it also would have clashed with the stain in the leather I had picked out at that time.
Another thing that I changed when making my chair were the joints that I used. The joints that I used that I did not show were the doweled 🤬 joint and the rabbet joint, they were used instead of a 🤬 joint and mortise and ten-non joint. These joints were sturdier and allowed the chair to look cleaner and more organized.

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When Kaeden was testing my chair by sitting in it he said that it was wobbly as it went from the right-side to the left-side. I would improve this by being more precise when cutting my wood pieces and making sure that they are all the same length when glueing them in and one of them is not veered to the side. By doing this I would hope that the legs would not wobble and cause someone to fall off of it.

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What all three of the people who tested my chair said was that the cushion was not very comfortable and should reach across the entire chair. The improvement that I would make is to make it larger and thicker so that people would feel comfortable when sitting in it. This could also help with making the chair look cleaner and the legs wont be jagged.

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I plan to improve my chair by enlarging it, what everyone said when sitting on my chair was that it was too small and that it made it uncomfortable. This could mean that I would change it from 20 by 20 by 40 to 25 by 25 by 50. This would enlarge the chair and hopefully make it more comfortable and fit peoples 🤬.

I would not make it much larger for it is for a toddler and toddlers don't have long legs or has beg butts as we do so it wouldn't be uncomfortable in the sense of size.

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What Kaeden and Helena had said about my chair was that they were scared to lean back for they thought they would break it and fall down. I would improve my chair by making a stronger dowel joint and using more glue. I originally chose this joint because it would work the best with the wood that I had already put together and the fact that I had nails and could not make very deep holes for the chopsticks. If i add more glue this could solve the problem of the backing not being able to do its job and support the weight of someone pushing on it.

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This video was used to get an idea of how to correctly draw a 3D chair that would show the specifications of my chair. This would also give and idea of the size of my chair and in comparison to the legs, base and backing.

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Armchair | Industrial & Product Design Sketching

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After creating my chair these are the specifications that stayed the same and most of the specifications stayed the same except the joints and the finishing I used on the chair.

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This is the email that I have sent to Ms. Greene asking her to look at my chair and see if my chair represents Texan Culture.

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Can you tell what the culture is by looking at the chair?

What is something that I should add to improve the idea of my culture?

What should add to improve the chair and help the culture to be shown

What is something that I should not add next time that does not help the culture to be shown?

Have you learned anything from this chair?

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I used tennon and chopping saw to cut the smaller pieces of wood and with the larger and thicker pieces of wood, one of the teachers would cut it with the band saw.

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I used cushion and white leather that the teacher provided and wrapped the leather around the cushion and secured in on the base of the chair using large staples.

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The joints that I used were dowel, mortise and tennon and rabbet. I madd this joints with a drill, a chisel and a mallet, and a band saw that I would cut the four corners out.

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Before painting and glazing I sanded down the chair using the four sandpapers to make sure it was as smooth as it could be.When finishing my chair I used the glaze and orange and white paint. I used the small paint brush and paper to ensure that the paint would look clean when going around the legs.

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Dowel Joint to Connect the Backing of the Chair to the Base

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Dowel Joint to Connect the Backing of the Chair to the Base

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Mortise and Tenon Joint to Connect the Four Legs of the Chair Together

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Mortise and Tenon Joint to Connect the Four Legs of the Chair Together

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Rabber Joint to Connect the Legs to the Base of the Chair

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Rabber Joint to Connect the Legs to the Base of the Chair