Engineering Drawings
This week has been about engineering drawing: The drawings are now ready to go to the fabricators, we are just waiting to get them checked by our engineer. Its important to get a second opinion on technical drawings as they contain all the information needed to make the chandelier and any mistakes in them might result in the chandelier being made incorrectly.
The engineering drawing for the top part of the chandelier, the King Ring
Above is one of the engineering drawings. It shows the top part of the chandelier, the King Ring, from above and from the side and also shows close up views of the more detailed parts. There are lots of measurements (dimensions) indicating the sizes of different parts, and notes with further instructions to the fabricator on how we would like the part to be constructed. The text ‘Not for Manufacture’ will be removed when the drawing is approved and handed over to the fabricator – drawings go through lots of revisions (versions) before being finished!
The nice thing about using a local fabricator is that we can go and speak to them in person in case there are any unclear parts of the drawing.
