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Assessment 3 - Original Tutorials and Disciplinary Reflection

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Aim -   To create a torus (reverse curve).   What is a Torus (reverse curve)? - A torus is defined as a surface or solid formed by rotating a closed curve, especially a circle, about a line which lies in the same plane but does not intersect it (e.g. like a ring doughnut). What does torus (reverse curve) look like? What Materials will you need?   -        access to a workshop or tools that are normally found within such as mallets, dollies, shot bags,   metal cutters, English wheel, gullotine etc. -        Aluminum sheet metal -        Pens/markers -        Log piece -        Enthusiasm! Some key points before you begin 1.      Ensure you have enough metal to create the piece in which you desire, a torus will see a stretch of metal in the centre and then a shrink where it is curved. Consider this when obtaining your sheet. 2.      Always mark and plan where you want to hit before striking, this