Customisation

Expansion/customisation options

Final

Final Design Render.
Aluminium with Sapele joiners.

Extrusions

Joiners

Joiner Materials

Two material choices hard wood or translucent plastic.

Joiner Revision

I've redesigned the joiners. There are now three separate joiners, 'I', 'T', and 'L' shaped.

This makes the shelving look more consistent.

I've eliminated the four sided joiner all together. This is more consistent with the Chinese aesthetic where four shelves never meet at a point.

Assembly

Test Assembly.

The joiners are a little distracting.

CAD Concept revised

Revised CAD.

I've thinned the extrusion down from 2 to 1.5mm.

The join holes at the end's of the previous concept didn't match the light weighting holes in the extrusion. I've made the join hoes the same size for aesthetic reasons.

The elimination of the centre join holes will reduce the customisability of the shelving. But this was necessary to make the extrusion look balanced, and also for structural reasons. The thinness in the middle was a concerning weak point.

The reduction in pieces means that the components have now been reduced down to three (and passable variations on the joiner).

CAD Concept

Initial CAD concept from previous drawings.

Curve, straight, and both joiners.

The aluminium is thickened around the middle to increase the strength of the join.