DT Resistant Materials - Charles Rennie Mackintosh

Thanks. By the way, what was the 91/120 boundary for? I really want an A* so the coursework will be easier. Are you going to use any shapes like spheres or triangles?

Im doing my coursework next year. How'd your coursework go? My teacher is useless as he is just playing on his phone all lesson, so i don't get much help, but i think i'll try a knid of pyramid for one of my designs, or mabey some curves. Your right, the tulips are quite common in his work and the ladders and those squares. What do you mean by mentioning dimentions (yep im that lost)? What grade are you aiming for?

Ah right, so I'm guessing you're in year 10 then? I didn't even know you could do it that way round! My coursework went well I think (the making of it which was my worst part because I'm not a natural res mat techie was an A* so hopefully the paperwork which was better will also be an A*). Pyramids are good, I'm just not sure how to integrate that into a storage unit but I'm thinking of more ideas tonight. I'm dodgy at drawing curves so I'm staying well clear of that!

And in the developed idea question, where you develop and put detail on one of your 6 designs in the previous question, asks for the dimensions of your product; so all you do is put the sizes of each part of your storage unit (length, width, depth) with arrows end-to-end. 'Dimensions' just means the sizes of the product. Type "dimensions of an x" into Google (with x being any product) and you'll probably get a drawing of the product with its sizes labelled. That's all you do

If you need any more help then feel free to PM me and I'll probably contribute more tips tonight when I actually start my revision for this!

Thanks for all your help, I had no idea about the sizes and diamentions before. To be honest i don't know how i could integrate a pyramid with charles. Yes I am in year 10. That means that you are in year 11 i think...

You know that question about disscussing the environmental impacts of X to manufacture products, do you think it will come again this year? last time it was about metals and the time before that it was about wood so i think it will be about plasitics if anything.

Also for question 4, where you have to evaluate your design, what do you write?

I think my specification for my designs should be ok, just to make it generic, like: it must look astetically pleasing (sorry for spelling).

Not looking forwards to the part about making in bulk. I think that will let me down. But anything about the environment and materials should be ok

By the way, im kind of new to TSR, so how do you PM someone? Thanks

Yep I'm in year 11 And no problem about the help, feel free to ask anytime and about anything

I think you're correct about the environmental impacts question being about plastics and the question will most likely come up, but you should be prepared to answer on woods or metals as well: just in case they turn up again. Talk about their life cycles and the life cycle of wooden/plastic/metal products and about recycling, etc. Basically explain about how you can reduce the negative effects of the production and disposal of these materials.

Evaluating your design should be IN RELATION TO YOUR SPECIFICATION! I cannot stress this enough! Whatever you have said in your initial specification, relate that to your developed design and explain how your design is aesthetically please to the user (for example), etc. As long as you have related everything to what you have said in your specification then you will get full marks (as long as the initial specification is detailed and developed too! Make it generic, like you said, but also related to storage units specifically).

For the bulk question, are you talking about drawing and explaining the processes for making an object 10 times? If so, ensure you annotate your diagrams and label them clearly. Make the process as simple as possible but still getting the basic details that the question asks for in. You might want to practise this question a bit since it is quite difficult to get full marks unless you include everything. If you're still in school and have no study leave then I suggest ask your teacher to explain how to answer this question in detail

Most of the exam is common sense (like naming the tools and their uses) but practise and revise the bigger questions like what we have mentioned above.

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so do we think the first question will be "using the spec given design 5 products which can be used to store small items bearing in mind the themes of Charles Rennie Mackingtosh>"

Yeah I don't have study leave unluckily, but that does mean i can ask my teacher for heap, even though he may not be exceptionally useful .

Yes the bulk question i was talking about was the one about doing everything 10 times. What material would you chose if they gave you the choice (which they normally do) I would probably go for wood because of all the different tools you can use and the processes, or metal because you could always pewter mold the shape.

I dought the hazard signs will come up again and the bike for maintenence. but there may be a similar one to that, like the buggy the time before last. Jigs is something important especially in the making of 10 items.

The materials one should be easy, just have to remember about specific materials like ABS and Kelvar.

Thanks for everything and i'll post if i need anything else

maybe a small model of a japanese style building with a draw? I think its a stupid topic as last year they had i pod docking stations which is sooooo much easier

maybe a small model of a japanese style building with a draw? I think its a stupid topic as last year they had i pod docking stations which is sooooo much easier

My teacher gave us a hint that it will either be jewellery boxes or gadget storage units

but how many different ways are there to design a jewellery box that are origonal? The first 15 marks are for creativity which are going to be difficult to get

LOL, bit corrupt . Yeah my teacher did the same, but i dont think even a quater of your class caught on

Personally I have found wood very easy to use as an answer in the bulk question... All you really have to remember is to cut it using a template, use x joint, glue together using PVA glue, use a vinyl sticker cutter to cut the logo. Bam, 10 marks (with annotated drawings)

For the maintenance questions the main gist of it is to oil the object or polish it or clean it, etc. That question is mostly common sense but I'm sure there are other reasons and methods of maintenance you can find in the textbook or on the Internet.

Which materials question is this? And why do you need to remember ABS and Kevlar? I'm not sure what you're getting at, sorry .

And sure, post anytime and will answer when I'm free