Flax Photo

Reflections Term 1 Week 1

The First week of 11DTM. Terry, our teacher for this year of DTM gave us an intro of what we were building this year & how it would be done. The next day we created blog sites to post all of our progress & to showcase our desgins. There was a bit of trouble in getting my blog account up & running.

Reflections Term 1 Week 9

During week 9 we continued stripping flax to make our board stronger, but this time it was for the length. The following period we spent an hour in COM 1A to adjust our blogs & add reflections. There were no problems.

Refections Term 1 Week 3

leIn the first lesson of week 3 we researched the various woods we would be using in our longboards. The next lesson we were given a detailed example from Terry on how to use Freehand and then we created our designs on Freehand (the same desgins we made in practical) which was a simple process. It took a bit of time to learn the mechanics of Freehand but other than that the week flowed smoothly.

Reflections Term 1 Week 2

The 2nd week of DTM was primarily computerwork, although we did draw our designs of our longboards in class. The following DTM lesson we posted our desgins onto our blog sites and the next lesson we added labels to all our current blogs. I can't recall any problems for this week.

Flax Photo

7480 1.5

7480 1.4

7480 1.3

7480 1.2

7480 1.1

Freehand Design

Conceptual Design Pics

Pros & Cons

Pro: Original design, Con: Chunky trucks













Pro: Flexible shape, Con: Chunky shape

















Pro: Pointy ends, Con: Flexible



















Pro: Short shape, Con: Unstreamlined

















Pro: Sloping end, Con: Chunky wheels



















Pro: Seperated ends, Con: Uneven ends

Fibreglass Research

- The tensile strength of fibreglass is very strong, humdity can change the level of tensile strength in fibreglass.
- The hardness of fibreglass is very strong, however if it is exposed to very high temperatures it becomes soft.
- The ductility of fibreglass is very limited.
- The shear strength of fibreglass is very high due to the fact it is a strong material.