[Lab] seeking feedback on a laser cutting project

[Darcy Whyte]

With those things in thingiverse you almost don't need the tray. :)

What material did you have in mind for this?

Yeah Sketchup is different from ordinary graphics software. I found the
best way to get going was to suffer through a few youtube videos on how to
use it. It's not as easy to guess as other software...





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On Thu, Oct 16, 2014 at 7:56 AM, Olaf Baumann <olaf.baumann at pobox.com>
wrote:

> Thanks for the advice.  I'll measure the height of ten forks and see if
> I've allowed too much clearance.  I'll transfer any extra space to the
> lower misc. storage area.
>
> Good idea on lowering the cutaway.  I'll prototype something by hand to
> ensure I get a good grip on the 'last clean spoon'.
>
> Last night I came across a thingaverse object (
> http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:36085) for aligning the
> utensils....might have to incorporate something similar.
>
> I'll read your tool-chains page, I hadn't noticed it before.  I've got to
> say that SketchUp takes some dedication to feel comfortable with, but as
> far as CAD goes, it's probably more approachable than other tools.
>
> thank you for the feedback,
> Olaf
>
>
>
> On 16 October 2014 07:30, Darcy Whyte <darcy at siteware.com> wrote:
>
>> Looks nice. It might be a little deep for usability and space usage...
>> Another thing that comes to mind is the cutaways for allowing you to grab
>> stuff out could go deeper. Perhaps all the way down so it's a lot easier to
>> grab stuff. I think in my ikea trays the cuttaways are all the way down.
>>
>> Yes, fligiht of ideas should work. This article needs a rework (as I'm
>> getting a lot of questions) but it outlines the process I'm using which is
>> working great. http://inventorartist.com/tool-chains/
>>
>>
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>> On Wed, Oct 15, 2014 at 7:58 PM, Olaf Baumann <olaf.baumann at pobox.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> I've finally made the time to complete my custom two-level cutlery
>>> drawer.  I've used SketchUp to design it and now I'm looking for any
>>> feedback before I start cutting.
>>>
>>> There are two files in the following Google Drive link.  One assembled
>>> and one exploded.
>>>
>>>
>>> https://drive.google.com/folderview?id=0B77pQ72IiNVhQmZjZ1Z0b3Etalk&usp=sharing
>>>
>>> I'm not sure how to get this design into a format suitable for the laser
>>> cutter.  I've found a SketchUp plugin from Flights of Ideas (
>>> https://code.google.com/p/sketchup-svg-outline-plugin/) that promises
>>> to convert SketchUp faces into SVG.  Any other suggestions?
>>>
>>> cheers,
>>> Olaf
>>>
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