Lisa and I then used the session to speak with the guys in the workshop firstly about silicon and secondly about the tank design. They noted that they did not have silicon in the workshop and were unsure where or how you would purchase it but said that recycling used silicon might be the best bet.
They suggested that the tank could be made from perspex but that it would need to be layered to achieve curved edges. Due to the size of the inner components of the tank, the width was going to have to be at least 100 mm which would have equated to 10-20 pieces or perspex. We knew how time consuming this would be and the significant waste of materials that would occur.
We went back and spoke to Yoakim and Marianella. For the purpose of the model, Marianella said that it would be enough to laser cut a basic perspex tank and then Cad up the proposed design of the fish tank for the presentation. So after speaking again with the workshop guys we planned to laser cut our perspex for our tank the following day.
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