FIELD NOTES

Can AI build a toilet yet?

Field notes 01

How it's going

Model 0.1.8 · the unit sheets carry their drawings and nothing else.

Model changelog

  • The unit sheets drop their Hold boxes, so a unit's general arrangement runs straight into its first numbered step.
  • Both finishes are projected in parallel at the unit sheets' elevation, timber is white throughout, the linework is drawn at its stated weights and cut around a heavier silhouette, and the ground, side wall, and door carry dimensions measured off the model.
  • Each unit builds through a numbered sequence of single-operation drawings, with the back panel clad and trimmed flat before it is set between the sides and the floor deck cut before it is fixed.
  • Terminal-board cladding fixings are centred after trimming, and edge fixings clear the modeled beam-screw paths.
  • The interactive line, textured, fallback, and print views share the in-situ render's perspective, scale, and position.
  • Stack H carries all eight beam screws, and Stack J plus the final open SVG use the same model-aligned isometric projection.
  • Seat-top boards run across the removable box, with outer supports and two additional frame screws, to improve integrity around the opening.
  • The seat box is removable at 852 mm, with fixed shell supports, so the box remains serviceable while its front and rear edges stay supported.
  • Diagonal brace ends and screw paths avoid the frame corners, so the fastening audit can report clear nominal paths.
  • The model gained fastening and angle checks, so workshop assembly can be checked against the measured frame.
Saw setup for beam cuts
01 · Saw setup for beam cuts Set the stop before the first beam batch. The 45 × 45 stock stays on one setting while the blanks are cut to length.
Beam cuts
02 · Beam cuts Mark each piece as it leaves the saw. The cut parts are now ready to move into their lettered unit stacks.
Sorted beam cuts
03 · Sorted beam cuts The cut beams are grouped by mark before they move into their assembly stacks.
Workshop clip · Cutting the cladding batch A field recording from the first cladding-cutting session.
Assembling frames
04 · Assembling frames A clamp holds a frame joint square while the next frame is assembled.
Side panel assembled
05 · Side panel assembled A braced side panel, marked and ready to join to the rest of the shell.
Assembling the side
06 · Assembling the side The side frame and cladding come together around the diagonal brace.
Sides standing
07 · Sides standing Both side panels are standing while the floor frame is prepared below them.
Sides and floor
08 · Sides and floor The side panels meet the floor frame and the shell starts to read as one unit.
Shell assembled
09 · Shell assembled Sides, back, floor, and seat are joined and standing on site, with the roof still to go on.
Roof sheets laid on
10 · Roof sheets laid on The door is hung and the corrugated sheets rest on the rafters, weighted down until they are fixed.
Seat test
11 · Seat test The first sit-down proves the seat height and the depth of the shell against the drawing.