Designer Rants
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My friend needed a guard rail for his 2nd story stair opening. I designed this to use stock materials (no need for expensive custom materials orders for this budget project).
Created a table-top stand to display a Christmas ornament; 1/8th” & 1/4″ plate, Powder-coated.
I made these bumpers for a friend’s daughter’s 4-wheeler. Laser-cut 1/8th” plate, sand blasted and powder coated.
These designs would be laser-cut from 20ga sheet steel, & powder-coated (foreground pc: black, background pc: silver).
Holly’s Magnetized Kitchen Cabinet Blackboard Idea
A fuel pump mount is modeled in SolidWorks and shortened by 5/8″, so it can be produced in a CNC machine.
This Time They’re Round! A very nice person contacted me and asked me to design a round vent cover for her kitchen.
I don’t think we’ll use or improve this design, so I figured I’d post it on here for the great benefit of humanity.
A person building a new house while living in an older house asked to have new vent covers designed that are appropriately sized for modern HVAC ducting, but keep the ornate beauty and charm of the cold air return grates from their current home.
A fun project designed in SolidWorks, the detailed plans for this Fire Pit Table are available for free download (PDF format). If you have access to a metal fabrication shop, you can get this made. The tricky parts for most people is that there’s sheet metal that will need to be cut and bent, and a few tubes that are cut on a tube laser. If you can make compound miter cuts, then use a saw. If you’re going to make this for yourself (non-mass production), and need files for lasers (tube laser or plate laser for the sheet metal flat patterns), let me know.
At work someone asked me to design a “Cold Air Return Vent Cover,” 9 7/8″ x 11 3/4″. I had fun with it, and decided to post photo renderings of the designs. (Created in SolidWorks 2009).
Do cats need houses? Debatable.
Does my wife want her cat to have a house? Yes.
This article includes pictures of the 2-Story cozy pet house I designed for our kitty, building tips, and instructional CAD drawings download (PDF). If you’re the least bit handy, you can put one of these together.
