To test out the technique of bending wood, we tried cutting one to see if it works. We appreciate the e-mail advice from Carolyn (a MIT student who built
Zoran when she went through 2.007) to test it out and experiment with how the wood bends.
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| Laser Cutting |
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| The first attempt of bending - broke |
During my first attempt, the wood broke when I applied too much force. I felt that the width of each slit was too thin, causing the breakage. I then begun re-modelling another wood with larger slits and tested it out. I wanted to make sure the problem was not with the pattern or the technique itself.
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| Bending the 2nd wood |
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| Bending the 2nd wood |
The second attempt turned out pretty well. The wood could be bent for quite a bit but it was still quite stiff in general.
