RIT Student Project - Bathroom Stool
Rochester, Monroe, New York
Model Making, Prototyping, Pattern Making
This was a student project at RIT that involved contest sponsored by Wilsonart plastic laminate to use their product in the designs. This one was a bathroom stool with pods to put your feet on while doing pedicure, etc and a place to hold the clippers (inside the holes). The student supplied 3D cad files, came to the shop and we discussed construction techniques, and then I cut the blanks to match their designs. Each pod that attached to the side of the base was registered with a dowel hole in the center of the pod that matched a dowel hole in the main base. Each pod intersection had to machined differently as they radius was changing as the base tapered from bottom to top. The entire surface of this stool was covered in the Wilsonart material by the student. This one was one of the five finalists locally and went to the FIT show/competition in NYC. The student's name was Francesca Pezze.
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Original Design File |
Blank Assembled |
Blank Mounted on Lathe |
Main Section turning Complete |
Ready to Cut Hand Holes in Base |
Cutting mating surface of Pods |
Finished Model - Ready for Laminate |