Having made my second 1:1 model in class I was finally satisfied with my design. Though when I sat on it the following day to photograph it I realised that my design had some flaws as it struggled to hold my weight. Although the material was only 2mm thick (which was the main reason behind it’s fragile structure) I could also notice some problems with the locking system. The detachable slot was only 112.5mm in width, which weakened the lock when pressure was put on the seat. What I really needed was a slot that was 300mm wide so that it reached from the seat to the floor. Though in order to do this I needed to make some alterations to my design, as I did not have enough card left to make these changes. In the end I decreased the width of the “fold under” flaps from 75mm to 30mm and created an “L shape” which hooked under and into the seat flaps. Small alterations were also made to the dimensions of the chair arms and seat. After testing the alterations on a 1:5 paper model I then went on to make a 1:1 model from mount board. In conclusion I am very happy with my final design and am now ready to test it on the xanita board!!!
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