Sleepless Night

Another small table. This is one based on a design by woodworker Jeff Miller.

The undercarriage isn’t as simple as it might appear due to the angles created by raking and splaying the legs.

Thanks to @slbaumgartner for his Rake and Splay extension at Sketchucation.

Rendered in SketchUp.

Finished up the steam pump I started a while back.

Revolving cylinder steam engine based on one from 1858.

Seems as if you have a never ending supply of drawings for your mechanical marvels. :clap: I think you need to model up a proper old school gentleman’s den / library with all your wonderful machines in old time display cases and run some renders that show the whole collection.

That would be a cool idea. I’ll have to see how big of a den I’d need for all of them.

Can read, “Shop”, “Pole Barn”, or “Museum”, depending on context. :slight_smile:

Decided to start another little engine model.

As usual, still needs screws and nuts.

A lounge chair from Bazil c. 1950s.


Here’s a little Art Deco side table based on the Apu, Model 604 designed by Maija Heikinheimo and produced by Asko in the 1930s.

In Finland the “style” is called Funkis (short of Functionalism). Asko went bankrupt this spring, but I understand someone is trying to save the brand.

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Add a good book and you’re all set for a rainy day.

Somewhere I have a model of a book I want to use. I haven’t found it. Might need to make a new one.

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Recent simple 3D printing project:

The first version of an alternative mounting solution for a small controller box.

The OEM mount is very heavy and couldn’t be mounted in a useful location. The plate is 0.125 in. thick steel.

The 3D printed version is very lightweight and can be installed/removed with no tools.

Simpler version waiting filament so it can be printed.

I need to find a good way to join filament so I can use up the shorter pieces.

A quickie 3D print to confirm the design for a rack to fit a pinion for a woodworking machine. The guy with the machine gave me the OD of the little pinion and the number of teeth. Meshes like they were meant to go together.

More prototype gears for a woodworker.

Another simple one just as a record. This is a lightning stool with glass electrical insulators for feet. This is a thing that used to be used in fire watch towers in the US west before adequate lightning arrestors were installed. The lookout would stand on the stool when lightning was present. They would also sometimes have wooden chairs with the insulators installed. This is straight out of SketchUp. I need to find a better glass material