Animation of Flip-Up Undercarriage Step Design
Lookit that step go!
Make Well-Lit Work Spaces: DIY LED Under-Cabinet Strips
How to size, buy, wire & make sleek-but-bright LED strip task-lighting in aluminum extrusions. Plus: Custom CAD part design of desk organizer.
Make Well-Lit Work Spaces: DIY ‘Shelf Desks’
How to Design, Buy, & Install an inexpensive, attractive workstation desktop & storage center from stock shelf parts.
How To Structure Stable Large Assembly CAD Files for Production
“Cheat Sheet” infographic on File Structure & other tips for building Whole Machine CAD files that mirror (and therefore assist with documentation) how Real Production gets done.
Make Your Landscaping Design Plan: How to Model & Print in SolidWorks
Plants inhabit a 3D space, and grow many times larger than when you plant them. Let’s visualize that.
Low-Profile 2-pc Travel Charcoal Grill – 29x15x2inch Box
I don’t remember making this, but suspect it was for someone’s camping trip: Memento Goes Camping
How To: Efficiently Cut 4x8ft Foam Boards & Insulate a Band Joist
How to save money and seal out the elements by insulating your rim joist sills. Plus: Use this diagram to get 30-35 pieces per 4x8ft foam board for your 16″-on-center 2″x10″ floor joists.
Here’s Yer Sign: Dayton Rodeo Version
This ain’t my first rodeo (sign). See renderings & CAD drawings of post-mounted assemblies, and my philosophy on tailor-made signage.
Memorials: Pet Grave Marker Designs
Here’s a couple pet grave markers I’ve designed.
Popcorn Maker Stand with Logo Plate
Safety First: Sturdy stand for an appliance full of molten butter-like food product.
Simple Wall-Mounted Standing Desk & PC Tower Bracket
Fixed wall-mounted standing mini-desk design idea.
Dry Fertilizer Cart Manifolds & Solidworks Routings for Flexible Tubing
Part of an agriculture heavy equipment concept design project I worked on. Dry fertilizer row crop delivery.
Heavy Metal Stairway – Custom Bronze & Copper Balusters
Custom designed and lathed balusters for a staircase, alternating each step between copper and bronze spindles.
Publish PDFs with Searchable, Highlightable BOMs in SVG Vector Art from SolidWorks Composer
I’m not alone in wondering: When Composer exports such beautiful technical artwork in vector image formats, why is it so hard to find a mainstream word processing or desktop publishing program that can showcase these images! Well, I found a way, and it’s FREE.
Set SolidWorks files to Resolved to get Metadata changes to update in Composer BOMs
I spent way too long trying to figure out why my metadata changes to CAD files weren’t updating in the Composer BOMs… Again.