Hey Kelsey. Good questions. Sounds like to should have called Sterling Surfaces. 

 

We been forming  shapes for years. No call backs. Those failures may not be because of the shape but rather how they where fabricated of heated. Unfair of me to really assume that. But going on our track record .I don't see the problem with cutting edge shapes

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We reinforce all of our cut outs. Metal + SS do move at different rates. But silicone solves that.

 

Well using SS solves a ton of problems  on the maintenance side. Black marks no problem . Scotch-brite away. Water damage? Not with SS . damage top. Call BTP of Gordon Problem solved.

 

When you use SS your paying forward. It stands the test of time. Unlike other conventional products

 

Lastly they wanted a show piece . Something the school could enjoy.

 

Thanks Curt!

 

 

Good points Tom

 

Seth we love Solid works. yes Tom you can do what you asked with Solid Works. The shop guys love it to as we can print all kinds of different angles of the project. it helps them wrap the brains around the task.

 

 

Jon... just to clarify...  When standing at counters in those airports, I noticed cracks in the tops.   I didn't fab those... just a customer using them.

Yes i understand if you had fab there would not have been cracks.

It is impressive to see the entire design come together. Must takes hours if not weeks of time to create such intricate designs.

Do you calculate the total number of hours involved in a project like this?

Posted By Tom M on 18 Jan 2010 08:21 AM
Seth,
Thank you for the reply.
Is there a program pout there that you can (for instance) design a "cone" or conically shaped item - say 12" high with a circumference of 10' at the top and 8.5' at the bottom of the twelve inch drop, and then allow you to unfold or unwrap the face piece to see what kind of polygon you would need?

Tom,

You can draw that shape and figure out the polygon you need using AutoCAD, but I'm not sure about actually being able to "unwrap" the shape. I'll have to look into that and let you know when I get a chance.

  Have a good one,
  Seth

Thank you, Seth.
Yeah, I knew you could get the shape drawn in 3D the way it looks finished. It is the unwrapped part - the part you need to CNC or pattern and manually cut that would save the time.

Not that I know much about 3D CAD anyway...

I love it when Seth shares his wisdom. A credit to our Industry!

Tom,

I haven't found any way to "unwrap" objects yet in AutoCAD, but I'll keep looking. I found a new AutoCAD forum though with some good info: http://www.theswamp.org. I need to create a profile so I can search.



Jon,

Thanks. That means a lot coming from you.

Thank you, Seth. It shall be bookmarked.

Posted By Jon Olson on 04 Feb 2010 09:30 AM

Here's a video we did of the Syracuse University project . LG Surfaces Material

 

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nlKfKxODeqg

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Sorry try this

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nlKfKxODeqg

Posted By Jon Olson on 04 Feb 2010 12:07 PM
Sorry try this

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nlKfKxODeqg

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Jon,

That video is set to private so we can't view it.

Jon,
The finished project truly reflects on the skill and craftmanship you have available to you at Sterling.  Great work.

One small design note however, and this is just my opinion.  Being that that this is a food service surface.  It is 100% likely that someone will tilt their bowl of soup or tople their large beverage tumbler.  The resulting spill will cascade off the top and run down the face into the clean plate storage cubbies.  A lip over front edge would have allowed any liquid to drip straight down onto the floor intead.

Johnny C

Well done video. Not to amateur and not to professional, just right.

Posted By Andy on 04 Feb 2010 01:55 PM
Well done video. Not to amateur and not to professional, just right.

Jon.. many of the shots on the video, looked like to were shooting the same thing over. But then looking into the background, I was surprised to see just how huge this job was.

You had so many awesome fabricated designs, I would have loved to have seen small individual segments of the fabrication if an area before the completed area was shown. 

  I do have to admit, with the size and all the glass and concrete, the space looks COLD!!!!!

Jon,

On a job like this, do your engineers and cad staff meet with the designers to collaborate? Or do they just send you design and you build it?