The experiment aimed at understanding the behaviour of material with bending technique and what limitations we have due to its thickness. Hence with a 3mm thick transparent metacrylate, we created a lamp which explored in variations of curves. The variations were brought by changing the distance of hole and length of strips, thus proportionately varying the domain.
Parameters followed:
CUTTING:
BIG LASER CUT MACHINE:
SPEED: 50% POWER: 100%
SMALL LASER CUT MACHINE:
SPEED: 15% POWER: 60%
ENGRAVING:
BIG LASER CUT MACHINE:
SPEED: 50% POWER: 30%
SMALL LASER CUT MACHINE:
SPEED: 15% POWER: 15%
BENDING:
done manually using a heat gun.
RECOMMENDATIONS:
In order to do the bending and avoid heating, a more thinner material i.e thickness of 1mm and strips of at least 600mm length is required to bring in a similar effect.