my new console furniture design

[pk1]

well i promised i would put up a picture of the work as it stands after the prototype was made.

after a few little adjustments and programming the load charicteristics and stress amounts into solidworks and then re working the materials and needing a few other adjustments a final design has been reached and apart from a few things i wasnt prepared to show just yet in the render here is a pre final render of the new console furniture im having cut at a cnc factory next week.



i have gone for the long swept look as it took my fancy to do something like this a while ago, i was also told it wasnt possible to build a console furniture of this type because of the loads involved.

now on the full scale prototype we loaded it with weight equivalent to 2 large consoles and it took the load with only a slight deformation at stress points, so by changing the thickness of material and using much stronger and better fixtures i was able to build something that has no deformations or high point loading now. ground meet edges have protection and the shelving has a special hinge point, the rear has a producers desk which can fold down into the rear when not in use. there is also some aluminium sections veneered into place and some for purely decorative as well as strengthening purposes. even so the weight is still kept down and the unit will be asthetically pleasing.

more to follow as i recieve the panels and begin the first build.

[Marcadiablo]

That looks amazingly cool! Please keep us posted.

[buckkillr8]

very cool, but man how deep is it?

[didgijimmy]

Great design, cant wait to see the finished product, but i gotta ask about the depth as well. What purpose can that shelf that seems to stretch 5 or 6 feet back serve?
James