Chris
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I cant get no sleep...
AE86 race car thread is finally up to date | Supposedly i have a new daily project too
I never saw a wild thing sorry for itself. A small bird will drop frozen dead from a bough without ever having felt sorry for itself. - D.H.Lawrence
"Where can we get hold of a Vincent Black Shadow?" "Whats that?" "A fantastic bike," I said. "The new model is something like two thousand cubic inches, developing two hundred brake-horsepower at four thousand revolutions per minute on a magnesium frame with two styrofoam seats and a total curb weight of exactly two hundred pounds."
I often spend time building stuff, i find it quite relaxing and gets me out side. I started building shit years ago with the odd subwoofer enclosure to full boot installs, now i own a home so its cabinets, fences and my most recent - an Activity Table for the kids.
I went a bit overboard and made this waaaaay more complicated than it could have been. I started in SketchUp where i went through a few design iterations and eventually settled on this;
I then tested how it would go together by printing a prototype with a 3D Printer. I was glad i did this as there were a few things that needed changing - mainly i added hidden legs to support the table more.
All the sizes & angles came from the SketchUp model and turned out pretty well. I did need to use a little bog because my cutting tolerances were not that precise. you can see the hidden leg supports if you look closely.
I let the kids chose the colours for the table, was pretty fun as i just sat them in front of the computer and tried different colours in SketchUp until they were happy. Then off to bunnings for a few test pots.
I think it turned out really well, kids love it and use it every day - its bloody heavy though and i dont think i will build something that retarded again.
awesome table, kids look well pleased with it.
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Chris
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I cant get no sleep...
AE86 race car thread is finally up to date | Supposedly i have a new daily project too
I never saw a wild thing sorry for itself. A small bird will drop frozen dead from a bough without ever having felt sorry for itself. - D.H.Lawrence
http://www.woodworkforums.com
Great forum, not Australian based but that's life. Plenty of threads on various aspects of woodwork to provide some inspiration.
Chris
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I cant get no sleep...
AE86 race car thread is finally up to date | Supposedly i have a new daily project too
I never saw a wild thing sorry for itself. A small bird will drop frozen dead from a bough without ever having felt sorry for itself. - D.H.Lawrence
Finished off the table yesterday
Build album here: http://imgur.com/a/otLF0
Going to build a little side table next for the entry way.
Chris
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I cant get no sleep...
AE86 race car thread is finally up to date | Supposedly i have a new daily project too
I never saw a wild thing sorry for itself. A small bird will drop frozen dead from a bough without ever having felt sorry for itself. - D.H.Lawrence
Great looking table, congrats.
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