Pewter+Casting

toc Melting point of Pewter is 170 - 230 C.
 * Pewter Casting with Cuttlefish **
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 * Casting Clips**
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=Core Theory: Holistic Approach=

Principles of Design
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Computer Aided Manufacture (CAM)
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 * Watch the video demonstrating the use of a CNC Machine
 * Computer Numerical Control**

Tapping a Screw Thread
Watch the you tube clip below and develop a set of instructions on how to complete the process. The instructions can be in the form of a **flowchart, chart or table**. Key **pictures** need to be used to help explain the most important steps in the process. ie.Find pictures on the internet that help show the key parts of the process.

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Design Brief
Design and manufacture an item of jewellery or a key ring that can be cast from pewter. The shape and theme is your choice. However, it must apply the principles of design and be easily identifiable. You will produce one piece that is cast using a mould that has been created by hand using cuttlefish and another that has been designed using CAD and laser cut using CAM.

Identification of the Need
Below is the beginning of an example to get you started. I intend to design and make a pewter pendant for my mother as a gift. As this will be worn around her neck it will need to be smooth and have no sharp edges. She does not like designs that are intricate and prefers simple shapes and styles. The size is limited to the mould size of 45 x 45mm but this would be too big so I will make it smaller to suit her preferred style. I will attach the pendant to a silver chain as she wears more silver and the pewter will not go well with gold.

Ethical Designer Research
(Assessment Task: Question 4) The following links may be useful for your research. Ethical Jewellery Designers: [|Ethical Jewellery Australia] [|Reflective Jewellery] [|Simone Walsh] [|Article 22] [|Zoe Pook] [|Style with Heart: Ethical Designers Listed] [|Same Sky] [|FAIRTRADE]

Idea Generation
Concept sketches are the intitial sketches developed to meet the need and design brief. Complete 8 -10 designs with annotation to explain any areas that may have special deatiles or cut out areas.
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Manufacturing
Use the template below as a guide for the design of your laser cut product.



Innovation
a) Explain the innovation you have chosen. (What type of product is it?) b) Outline the key features of the innovation. Use pictures to support your explanation. c) What makes this product an innovation? Explain the specific technology, design or other features that make it innovative. d) Assess the impact this product has on society? (Explain the benefits and disadvantages in relation to society.) e) Assess the impact this product has on the environment? (Explain the positive and negative impact in relation to the environment (landfill, pollution, recyclable, sustainable, use of fossil fuels)
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 * Definitions:**
 * “Innovation is the introduction of new ideas, goods, services and practices that are intended to be useful and better the world in which we live in”.
 * “An innovation is the new use or application of existing technology for a completely different purpose from which it was originally used or intended”.
 * 1) Using any of the websites below list 10 innovations in the Design Industry.
 * 2) Investigate **ONE** innovation and find out the following:

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