Opitec 108.661 Quick Start Manual

Stool, with woven seat

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Please Note
The OPITEC range of projects is not intended as play toys for young children.
They are teaching aids for young people learning the skills of Craft, Design
and Technolo- gy.These projects should only be undertaken and tested with
the guidance of a fully qualified adult. The finished projects are not suitable to
give to children under 3 years old. Some parts can be swallowed. Dan- ger of
suffocation!
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  • Page 1 Please Note The OPITEC range of projects is not intended as play toys for young children. They are teaching aids for young people learning the skills of Craft, Design and Technolo- gy.These projects should only be undertaken and tested with the guidance of a fully qualified adult.
  • Page 2 1. Information: Article: Stool design with woven seat in constuction pack format Use: In Design Technology, Key stage 3/4 2. Material information: Material: Pine (Coniferous) softwwod Wood should be relatively dry before working Working: Wood can be shaped, planed, sawn, drilled and sanded. Measure out according to the plan or use the patterns.
  • Page 3 5. Exploded diagram 6. Planning overview 6.1 Planning and making the stool legs 6.2 Making the cross rails and assembling the stool 6.3 Weaving the seat 6.1 Planning and making the stool legs 6.1.1 Take care whem marking out the position of the holes in the legs, ensure that they are all marked out together at the same time.
  • Page 4 6.2 Assembling the parts 6.2.1 Saw the dowels (2) to 265mm long Mark out and saw a 45 degree mitre the on each end of the dowel as shown, be careful that they do not slip or turn during this stage. Note: The dowels must all be cut accurately to the same length so that the distance between the stool legs is accurate.
  • Page 5 6.3 Weaving the seat of the stool General: These instructions show you how to weave the top in a chessboard patttern To weave the seat you need approx 30 metres of cord 0.35mm diameter for each direction. The cord is NOT included in this pack and must be ordrered separately We recommend using two contrsasting colours so that the pattern is easy to see.
  • Page 6 6.3.4 To produce the pattern in the opposite direction the 30 metres of cord can be divided into 3 lengths, this will make it easier to handle Tie the end of the cord (2nd layer) to the end of the first cord (1st layer). Then guide it under to the left over the first band and under the second, over the third and under the fourth etc.
  • Page 7 7. Stool legs Front / side/ plan view M 1 : 2 Ø 15 Ø 15 E108661#1...
  • Page 8 8. Further patterns: Note: To make the folowing patterns it is a necessity that an odd number of bands are woven ( Best is to use the 13 bands as described in the chessboard weave) as in the previous first description 8.1 Diagonal pattern or Herring bone pattern - First layer as before ( Chessboard pattern ) - Cross direction...

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