Yale 150 Case Hard – Descriptive Geometry DES
BA Practice Based Course
2022
semester
Padlocks are small and portable locks that have been used for several thousand years to defend against theft, unauthorized entrance, vandalism and sabotage. They first appeared in Ancient Egypt and Babylon, and slowly started to spread across ancient civilizations such as China, Greece and Rome. During their travel through our history, padlocks received numerous improvements in their design, creation of basic components and usability, making them one of the most common types of locks in the world. Today, padlocks are created in industrial facilities that create padlocks of numerous sizes (from protecting bicycles to large hangars), types (keys, combination locks), and security ratings (regulated by government sponsored organizations from all around the world).
At the turn of the century, Yale implemented famous “cartridge” style padlock that used sliding pin tumbler mechanism, a basic design that is still used today. Machining metal techniques represented the end of the fully manual production of locks by locksmiths. In 1920s laminated padlock were introduced by Harry Soref and his Master Lock company, and Die-casting entered into production during 1930s.
the 100% freehand project analyzes the “YALE 150 case hard” padlock model in all its aspects, from the aesthetic shape to the measures, to a perspective on multiple points of view and a study of materials and mechanism, in their respective dimensions and projections.
