After the class ended Amber and I continued work on our unit. Because we had struggled with removing our void block from the mold, our next step was to conduct experiments to test better ways of how to more easily remove a block when making a void. We cut rods and placed them in plastic cups of concrete. Each rod was treated differently. Our tests were: vaseline, tinfoil, metal sheathing, tapered rod covered in tin foil, bowing up a plastic baggy and sticking it in the concrete, and cotton balls surrounding rod then covered in tin foil. The method which worked best was the cotton ball one. The void piece slid right out of the concrete form like butter :)
Below is a photo of the void created with Cotton surrounding our void piece. Now we are in production mode b/c all our kinks are worked out. Next week we plan to assemble the wall in Amber's backyard. Final photos will be taken.
-Jenna and Amber
Mold with cotton/tinfoil making strategy
Compared to original mold we had to break in order to remove void piece.
The test that worked best!
Two sets of forms made!
Below are photos from the last day of class when we removed our blocks from the mold for the first time (forgot to post earlier)
Mold with cotton/tinfoil making strategy
Compared to original mold we had to break in order to remove void piece.
The test that worked best!
Two sets of forms made!
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