My Process: Discussion 1

How I constructed the sinks for my set:

1. First of all I sourced the wood needed for the sinks tops and the legs. I asked the college PA technician for this as she had ordered what we'd asked for in regards to our materials video. I originally wanted MDF or hardboard for the sinks however this proved too expensive so I had to use what was available, which was chip board and 2 by 1 batons.

2. After laying the chipboard out on ????? I first started by measuring out the holes for the sinks to go in by drawing round black plastic washing up bowls that I was going to use as the sinks. I initially wanted real sinks however they proved hard to source, expensive and far too heavy for the work tops. After I drew the holes I used a 5 twist drill bit to allow the jigsaw to go through so I could cut round.

3. Once I had the sinks cut out I used the 25 and 32 spade drill bit to drill through holes so that the taps could sit into the sink tops. Doing this allowed me to cut round the circle and through the board with ease.

4. Following this I attached the legs to the sink tops. I did this by using the drill power tool with the twist drill bit, the countersinking drill bit and then the screw drill bit. I could have manually done this with a screw driver however that could not have been so efficient and would have taken a long time.

5. After this I decided that the work tops needed more support so I added another 2 by 1 baton to each side using the same method as before. I could have not done this however it would have been far too wobbly and unstable. However even after doing this I found the sinks still to be too unstable I would have added another bar to the middle of the legs to make a more durable frame but wood was limited due to cost.  I also originaly planned on making doors and side pannels on the sinks for extra support and a more asthetically pleasing look to them however due to cost of wood and the time shedual I was not able to do this. There for I decided that they could be drilled onto the back of the set flats, (through thesupport 2 by 1 battons I put on the sides of the sinks) once they were mounted on to the rostra.

6. After putting together the entirety of the sinks I coated the tops in Mahogany Varnish. I wanted to use white to create a more conventoional sink look, however the shop where I could get the varnish the cheepest did not sell and I wanted a shiney work top finnish so I used mahogany. Then I put the taps in place placed the bowls in to the sinks slots. However I noticed a mistake on one of the boxes, when drilling the holes I had followed the wrong line round which I had drawn which ment the bowls fell through. To resolve this I fortunatly still had the offcuts so I was able to use the jigsaw to cut a section of wood that was bit enough to fill the excess  and drill it into place from underneath the hole to make the gap smaller.