Commercial Kitchen

Cheops’ Law: Nothing ever gets built on schedule or in budget

on March 23, 2014March 23, 2014 By nrishclem

Cheops (or Khufu in Egyptian) was the pharaoh of Egypt from 2650BC to 2630BC, and was the builder of the Great Pyramid at Giza. Studio V knows this for a fact, and put in two full days of work over this weekend in order to close the gap on the schedule. As of friday, we [...]

Long Days, Longer Nights

on March 21, 2014March 21, 2014 By jaover19

After a great studio visit from Marlon Blackwell and his very interesting lecture, it was time to get down to business. As we get closer to the end of the semester, time is slipping and big moves need to start happening. So, Wednesday night I and two other students stayed up to push through all [...]

Overdrive engage

on March 19, 2014March 19, 2014 By jcsmith224 1 Comment

We are now a week and a half on the build, and things are not looking so good. The two icy storms already had put us behind. This week rain has slowed us, but we have continued to work. It is clear that all of us are getting a little nervous about finishing this thing [...]

And so it begins…

on March 18, 2014March 18, 2014 By pmosherclemson

Up until yesterday in the build we have only had to reinforce the chassis and build a full scale corner detail mockup. There had been no building of structure on the chassis. Yesterday, Nicholas Caro was the first man to begin the official construction on the CropStop, documented in this photo of him screwing the [...]

Refurbish chassis? Check! Be a hero? TBD…

on March 17, 2014March 17, 2014 By jcrusse

It's already week two of the actual construction of the CropStop. At this point we have ground the rust off the surface of the chassis, reinforced the structure with steel, and coated it with three layers of paint. It actually looks brand new with it's matted black finish.We're now ready to begin laying down the [...]

Paint and Flooring

on March 14, 2014March 14, 2014 By nicholascaro

Today Studio V is finishing up the final welds to reinforce the chassis and starting to paint and frame the flooring of The CropStop. Welding has been a blast to learn and the chassis is going to look brand new after the fresh matted paint job. Nothing has stopped Studio V as most of the [...]

If you ain’t burnin’, you ain’t learnin’!

on March 12, 2014March 12, 2014 By nrishclem

The chassis had been ground down and de-rusted using a special chemical that changed the iron oxide into iron phosphate. This stabilized the steel and prepared it for reinforcements to be welded on. The way the chassis is constructed, there are two larger beams that run the full length from front to back, with flanges jutting [...]

The Value of Teamwork

on March 11, 2014March 11, 2014 By jaover19

Teamwork is something that can come easily or hard to a group of people. We have all experienced working with a team that was either too lazy or too opinionated, or just didn't have the right chemistry. I am happy to say that this studio v team far exceeds my expectations every time we have [...]

Refreshed and ready

on March 9, 2014March 9, 2014 By jcsmith224

Our spring break is now over and I think I can say at least for myself that I needed every bit of it. It was great to relax for a short while. Our studio has been pretty much full throttle the entire first half of the semester. I'm sure the trend will continue into the [...]

on February 28, 2014February 28, 2014 By pmosherclemson

Construction documents are due today for redline. After drawing and re-drawing this kitchen again and again I can picture the whole thing, down to the nails and screws. Having the builders (Studio V) draw the plans is a big help. Hopefully we won't have to refer to the plans for anything but the fine [...]