Someone contacted me about ideas for building a bench for a youth center out of PVC pipe. Based on this information, I thought it should: Look cool Be inexpensive to build Be safe Comfortable! Fun Here is what I came up with as a rough draft. I’m not sure how to position the pipes so [...]
Posts Tagged ‘SolidWorks’
PVC Pipe Bench?
Posted in Engineering, Fun, Interesting, Projects, Technique, tagged Bench, CAD, Park Bench, Projects, PVC Pipe, SolidWorks, Structural Pipe, Youth Center on June 14, 2011 | 4 Comments »
Using Solidworks to design Stepper Motor Assembly (1)
Posted in Engineering, Fun, Interesting, Perspective, Photography, Projects, Technique, tagged Aluminum, Bearings, Bushings, CAD, Design, Engineering, Macro Photography, Mechanical Engineering, Shafts, SolidWorks, Stepper Motors on May 31, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Have recently acquiried a nice stepper motor from Jameco Electronics. It is a small motor, less than 2″x2″x2″, but still has substantial torque. I will get into more Arduino + Circuits + Electro-Mechanical detail soon, but for the moment, I wished to share a couple of screen-shots of the 3D model and the actual parts [...]
Rubber Band Gun #6 and Pro/Engineer Wildfire
Posted in Engineering, Interesting, reSearch, Software, Technique, tagged Pro/Engineer, ProE, Rubber Band, Rubber Band Gun, SolidWorks, Wildfire on September 22, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
I recently purchased a copy of Pro/Engineer Wildfire 5.0, and have been comparing it to SolidWorks. They are both nice programs, and within about a day, I have achieved about the same level of usefulness in ProE as SolidWorks. (Note: all that means is that I am a beginner at this). Anyway, I wished to [...]
New Wooden Gun Project
Posted in Engineering, Fun, Interesting, tagged .45, 3D modeling, SolidWorks, Thompson, Thompson Machine Gun, Toy Gun on April 24, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
In our workshop, we have been designing a new toy wooden gun model in SolidWorks. This is inspired by the classic Thompson Machine Gun from the early 1900′s in the US. We will probably make it out of maple or walnut, and either paint or stain it.
