[Lab] seeking feedback on a laser cutting project

Thu Oct 16 10:39:28 EDT 2014

As you probably know hardboard really goes nuts with water. You can finish
it with polycrylic but that's a lot of work. If you finish the parts while
they're flat (before assembling)... that might be okay.

I think the subtract feature you are thinking about is in the sketchup pro
version. But I find it easy to make two copies of the assembly and delete
subtract to get cutaways...

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On Thu, Oct 16, 2014 at 10:31 AM, Olaf Baumann <olaf.baumann at pobox.com>
wrote:

> Material? Anything 3mm thick and not clear.  I was thinking hardboard
> would work as long as I keep it dry.  Could go for an opaque
> epilog-friendly plastic.
>
> I used the same approach for learning the software.  I found a really
> useful video for making finger joints (
> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b8ozaM9si1Y).  They guy was a wizard, so
> I just had to pause often to follow along.  I was impressed at how SketchUp
> provides many useful shortcuts for common tasks (like 'm' to move, then use
> the mouse to give a direction, then enter the distance on the keyboard
> directly, or typing x3 after an action to repeat the action three times).
>
> I'm still seeking a fast way to 'subtract' one group from another to make
> the slots in one group based on the tabs in another.  I tried intersect
> with model, but that left several lines around that I had to remove
> manually.  I'm probably doing it wrong.
>
> --
> Olaf
>
>
>
>
> On 16 October 2014 08:08, Darcy Whyte <darcy at inventorartist.com> wrote:
>
>> 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/
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> --
>>>> Darcy Whyte
>>>>
>>>> Software Since '88 siteware.com | Contact: darcy at siteware.com |
>>>> 613-563-3634 by appointment
>>>>
>>>> Canada N 45° 25'03.1" W 75° 42'21.4"
>>>> Art+ inventorArtist.com <http://inventorartist.com/> | Aviation
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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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