A Few Recent SketchUp Scribbles

[Jonathan]

Imagine that table with a thick table cloth coming to the floor and a source of heat on the floor, originally charcoal, now electrical. You would sit at the table with your coat on and your legs under the table cloth to warm them.

In the winter I have walked past old stone houses with the front door open as it's warmer outside than inside.
The family is all sitting around the table to get warm

Jonathan

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[Dave R]

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[Dave R]

The model for a Ming-style table built by John Cameron for plans to go with an article in the current issue of Fine Woodworking Magazine.

 

[Dave R]

Old pine benches in a small wooden meeting room.

 

[Dave R]

A universal joint from dimensioned drawings in a textbook published in 1905.


3D printed from the SketchUp model.


The srews that hold it together modeled from the specifications given in the dimensioned drawing.


Another thing I modeled in SketchUp for 3D printing. A hook for a wheelchair lift. I traced the part of the lift the hook parts have to fit, imported the scanned drawing into SU and used it as a reference for model the part.


And the hooks installed. Perfect fit first try. The Philips head screws were replaced with screws to match the lift and the white foam was replaced by more suitable black foam.

 

[9fingers]

Thanks for posting Dave.
A fascination variety of sketchup work there. :eusa-clap: :eusa-clap:

Bob

 

[AndyP]

Those pine benches in meeting room could easy be taken for a photo. Ourtstanding.

 

[DaveL]

I like the universal joint, is the STL file posted anywhere?

 

[Dave R]

Thank you gentlemen.

Dave, the .stl file is not posted anywhere. I didn't keep it after printing.

ETA: here are the meshes before .stl triangulation.




Andy, fortunately if you look closely it becomes obvious it's not a photograph. I'm not thrilled with the idea of AI being able to generate images that can be mistaken for real photographs even with close inspection.

 

[AndyP]

Dave, I have looked as close as I can, what am I missing?

 

[Dave R]

Dave, I have looked as close as I can, what am I missing?

Andy, I see it is places like the front edges of the seats on the left hand benches and the legs of the third and fourth benches on the left. The wall on the right side is a little off although hard to describe why. It's subtle but it's there.

 

[Dave R]

A little wooden becket block.

Elmer's No. 5 Geared Engine
A little geared steam engine model. Follow the link for an animation.
Tiny Engine Transparent
Another little steam engine and another animation.

centrifugal pump
centrifugal pump exploded
A tiny little centrifugal pump.

 

[DaveL]

Wow that geared engine is a bit different, nice animation.[emoji108]

 

[Phil]

Wow that geared engine is a bit different, nice animation.[emoji108]

Definitely :text-+1: :eusa-clap:

 

[Dave R]

Thank you gentlemen.

 

[Dave R]

Well, it's been a while since I shared anything so here are a few different things done with SketchUp.

First, a heel strap assembly for a wheelchair. It helps to keep the user's feet on the footplate. The strap is HTD8M belting. The clips are 3D printed.

Heel strap hook HTD8M
Real prototype.
Strap
Prototype installed but not trimmed to length. Ignore the dog hair.
Heel strap

A neat little vise.
Tiny Vise 1
Exploded.
Tiny Vise 2

A beam compass.
Beam Compass

A micrometer attributed to James Watt and dated to about 1775.
Micrometer

There's some woodworking related stuff coming but I need to be cleared by the client before I can share it.