Making a full Scale Model

Making a pattern for the ladle handle

Getting the design from pixels and bytes to a tangible object can be a major task.

Since I modeled the original in Rhino, I can simply chose stations that will represent the contours of the model and print them out.

Section at statiion 12

(This makes me really appreciate the large format printer)

Here I have bent ¼” rod to match one of the profiles

 

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