MDF (MEDIUM DENSITY FIBRE)

1. MDF(MEDIUM DENSITY FIBRE) NAME: MEGHNA AUGUSTINE LEVEL : L4 MODULE NAME: DESIGN METHODS AND VISUALISATION FACULTY : SAGAR KOKATE

2. WHAT IS MDF ? • IS AN ENGINEERED WOOD PRODUCT MADE BY BREAKING DOWN HARDWOOD OR SOFTWOOD RESIDUALS INTO WOOD FIBRES, OFTEN IN A DEFIBRATION, COMBING IT WITH WAX AND A RESIN BINDER AND FOAMING PANELS BY APPLYING HIGH TEMPERATURE AND PRESSURE.

3. MDF WORKSHOP INDUCTION CONSISTED OF TWO TOPICS : JOINERY NAMEPLATE

4. JOINERY THE PROCESS BEGAN WITH SKETCHES OF DIFFERENT IDEAS ON JOINERIES COMPILED INTO ONE DESIGN.

5. SELECTED DESIGN – SPIRAL CONCEPT FINALISED DESIGN FOR JOINERY

6. THE DESIGN WAS THEN MADE FROM CORROGATED SHEETS BEFORE WORKING ON MDF

7. WORKING PROCESS 4MM THICKNESS MDF SHEET WAS USED TO CREATE THE SQUARE RINGS, 8MM FOR THE STAND AND 25MM FOR THE BASE. LAYOUTS WERE MARKED AND CUTTING WAS DONE WITH THE JIGSAW MACHINE. THEN THE ROUGH EDGES WERE FILED FOR PERFECTION.

8. FINAL MODEL

9. NAMEPLATE THE PROCESS BEGAN WITH SKETCHES OF DIFFERENT IDEAS IN RVJ. IN THE FIRST ATTEMPT ITSELF THE DESIGN WAS FINALISED.

10. THE DESIGN WAS THEN MADE FROM CORROGATED SHEETS BEFORE WORKING ON MDF

11. WORKING PROCESS 4MM THICKNESS MDF SHEETS STUCK ONE ABOVE THE OTHER WAS USED TO CREATE THE NAMEPLATE. • LAYOUTS WERE MARKED. • HOLES WERE MADE BY DRILLING MACHINE FOR THE EASY ACCES OF JIGSAW MACHINE TO CUT THE LAYOUT .

12. THE ROUGH EDGES ARE FILED FOR FINE FINISH AND PERFECTION. • LAYOUT CUTTING IS DONE WITH THE JIGSAW.

13. FINAL MODEL

14. WORKING EXPERIENCE ON MDF IT HELPED EXPLORE A DIFFERENT MATERIAL AND WORK ON THE PROS AND CONS OF IT. PATIENCE PLAYED AN IMPORTANT ROLE AS FILING EACH PIECE TO PERFECTION WAS A DIFFICULT TASK.

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