In yesterday's 3D workshop, I created the final components needed for my sculpture, which is to be created on the 17th of December. I first had to decide whether I was going to use the ban saw or the steaming method to create the arches however, i chose to create them using the ban saw as steaming each arch would take too long. I also decided to use MDF as it is easier to paint over. Once I had chosen the method and the material being used, I measured each arch to be 9 cm and drew them onto the pieces of MDF, I repeated this 10 times and also drew out the balustrades on the MDF measuring 9cm on length and 4.5cm in width. After they had all been measured and drawn out, I then started cutting them out on the ban saw, making sure that my hair was tied up and I wasn't wearing my lanyard for health and safety reasons. I turned the extracter on, put on my goggles and made sure that the vent was open so that it could take any excess from the machine, turned  the emergency button and started the machine. Whilst doing this I had to make sure that I was going slowly, so that I didn't rush and cut out the wrong pieces. I did this for each piece. Once all 10 arches were cut out I used the fret saw to cut out the middle pieces of the 4 balustrades however I found this quite difficult to use as I had to set the machine up myself and I wasn't quite strong enough to take the saw in and out. However, once I had set it up I was fine. For this machine I had to wear goggles and ear plugs. I then had to sand each piece down using the bobbin sander so that they were the correct shape and to make sure there were no ruff edges.