The question was what is your bed room made of. What a question!! I have very few things in my bed room that I haven't made myself. From the door in a counter clockwise rotation. The door is made of textured masonite with sheetrock surrounding it. The little wooden man and canvas painting with a wood frame sit above my white oak dresser. The dresser has several wood boxes made from pine, mahogany, and elm sitting on top of it as well as several different ceramic clay pots and bowls. moving from there over my plastic trash can to the rubber backed nylon rug by my bedside. The mirrored closet doors show the reflection of my steel bed frame with cotton, nylon, and polyester fabric matress, sheets, and bed spread. Moving on along the walls we pass over my plastic laundry basket to my custom made night stands on either side of the bed. These are made of pine 1x12's with a cherry blossom marble top slab. On top of them are various leather and paper bound books of mine. Between these stands is my head board made of 6x6 cedar posts, 5/4 cedar deck grade lumber, 2x4 oak, as well as a large glue and biscuit bound slab of oak. moving on around the walls we see two sword canes in the corners both of which I made. Hanging on the walls we see my blue steel spear with brass collar and caps with the dainty hawks feather hanging from it. The heavy steel hand cannon with its oak butt stock hangs not far away. In the opposite corner hangs a picture drawn on paper framed in foam core. Beneath that sits my stack of trunks. Stained and sealed pine boxes with my poplar hard box right on top. To the left of that is the cedar trimmed glass paned window with its pine rails and posts. The red and gold tapestry curtains frame it well. Then just past that before you get to my bench you see my wood case holding an antique set of screw drivers and knives. Adorning my walls with these are two ceramic masks just above my semester one book project slip cover printed on paper.
I could move onto my bench and shelves but we would be here for another 7 hours...
Monday, September 16, 2013
IKEA
IKEA furniture manufacture is known around the world for their high quality affordable home decor and furnishings designed for the everyday customer and families.
The primary materials of IKEA are wood, metal, fabric, plastic, rubber, MDF, particle board, masonite, and hollow core honeycomb technology. The tools used to manipulate these materials are thus; press, saws, sanders, laser cutting, CNC routing, roller, glue binding, rapid prototyping, as well as automated craftsman technology in the form of an assembly line.
The parts are held together with many different mechanical fasteners as well as a myriad of glues and adhesives. These parts are finished with paint, lacquer, paper and foil, UV paint, and upholstery.
The basic in home shelf is the staple of IKEA furniture. Through this simple piece IKEA discovered a shipping and packaging method that revolutionized the industry. Flat packing allows customers to take product home the day they buy it. It also allows the company to be much more efficient with their stocking and supply chains. Because the material is in a near perfect compact box shape the items fit easier onto shelves, into trucks, and into customers vehicles and homes. This is very helpful considering IKEA has over 10,000 different products.
In the IKEA outlets something else was done to keep customers spending money in the store. Employees discovered many customers would leave to eat then return to buy. So to keep them in the store talking about their potential purchases IKEA put in a resturant for them to eat and then continue shopping.
IKEA's manufacturing and selling strategy is unique to them and a destinct mark in the furniture industry.
The primary materials of IKEA are wood, metal, fabric, plastic, rubber, MDF, particle board, masonite, and hollow core honeycomb technology. The tools used to manipulate these materials are thus; press, saws, sanders, laser cutting, CNC routing, roller, glue binding, rapid prototyping, as well as automated craftsman technology in the form of an assembly line.
The parts are held together with many different mechanical fasteners as well as a myriad of glues and adhesives. These parts are finished with paint, lacquer, paper and foil, UV paint, and upholstery.
The basic in home shelf is the staple of IKEA furniture. Through this simple piece IKEA discovered a shipping and packaging method that revolutionized the industry. Flat packing allows customers to take product home the day they buy it. It also allows the company to be much more efficient with their stocking and supply chains. Because the material is in a near perfect compact box shape the items fit easier onto shelves, into trucks, and into customers vehicles and homes. This is very helpful considering IKEA has over 10,000 different products.
In the IKEA outlets something else was done to keep customers spending money in the store. Employees discovered many customers would leave to eat then return to buy. So to keep them in the store talking about their potential purchases IKEA put in a resturant for them to eat and then continue shopping.
IKEA's manufacturing and selling strategy is unique to them and a destinct mark in the furniture industry.
Star Signs
Star Signs of Lawrence Kansas creates and produces signs for all venues. Everything from commercial complexes to Individuals to Sporting centers. The staple material of their production is aluminum for its superior strength to weight ratio. The aluminum is cut, broke, rolled, welded, riveted, and epoxied into place on the shop floor before being rolled to their in house paint chamber. There the signs are coated in a protective enamel. After baking the paint dry the acrylic lenses are glued into place before the lights are added. In other applications, Star signs uses photo reactive plastic and printed vinyl to create their spectacular results.
The Reuter Organ Company
Reuter Organ Company of Lawrence Kansas has been in business since 1917. They are the largest organ manufacture in North America and have in fact been making quality organs for near a century now. An organ according to Google is a
large musical instrument having rows of tuned pipes sounded by
compressed air, and played using one or more keyboards to produce a wide
range of musical effects. The pipes are generally arranged in ranks of a
particular type, each controlled by a stop, and often into larger sets
linked to separate keyboards.
Reuter builds their instruments from a variety of materials from quality hardwoods to cast on location metals. The construction of the organs starts with the planning and rendering of the instrument. Originally all plans and renderings were done by artists and drafters in house. But now this process is sped along with the help of programs like C.A.D.D..
All of the internal wooden parts to the organ are made from a type of wood called poplar. This is because of the straight clean knot free nature of the wood. It makes it an excellent choice for the air tight internal components of the organ. Once these parts are complete craftsmen can begin work on the external features of the box such as facades and the pipes themselves. Using a large variety of shears, saws, sanders, CNC routers, castings, and clamps the organ begins to come to life.
As the case is being made the pipes themselves must be manufactured. This as well is done in house out of sheet metal using copper and zinc.
For the larger pipes the zinc must be cast into sheets by melting ingots down and passing them over a slate table in a grooved trough to produce a sheet of soft malleable zinc.
Once these are made they are then rolled by hand over a dye to produce a pipe anywhere from 8 to 16 feet long.
When all the parts are complete the organ is assembled and tested to ensure that it works properly. The electrical circuit boards are wired and everything is labeled to be reassembled at the clients site.
Reuter doesnt only manufacture organs but they also maintain the ones they have sold. By tuning and repairing the organs they ensure quality and performance to their customers.
After the organ is repaired and tuned properly it is returned to the customer where it will continue to serve them well for many years after.
Reuter builds their instruments from a variety of materials from quality hardwoods to cast on location metals. The construction of the organs starts with the planning and rendering of the instrument. Originally all plans and renderings were done by artists and drafters in house. But now this process is sped along with the help of programs like C.A.D.D..
After the instrument is designed and rendered production can begin.
When all the parts are complete the organ is assembled and tested to ensure that it works properly. The electrical circuit boards are wired and everything is labeled to be reassembled at the clients site.
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