And, a nice use of those little scraps of material that are really too narrow for just about anything else. A random mix of bits would make a pretty cool tea light or container. The design would make a cool pencil holder.
This one’s fun. Lot of possibilities.
I like it! It would make a great pencil, scissors, kitchen tools box. Graduate the lengths of the legs and make bowls or vases.
Really like the shape, the way the light passes through, and the building of it would be fun.
You could make a kit with slats and pins and then it would be a build-your-own-slatventure
Yeah, had to stop off at the HW store this morning for some brass rod. (Dang it!)
I also used the brass rods in my finger joint experiments. There’s one with small brass inserts.
When I get my machine out of storage and running, I think I’ll use this technique to make hexagon or octagon shapes for some ideas I have. Of course, now that I’ve mentioned it I doubt I’ll be the first to try it.
I’m totally good with that.
From my OP:
So I think the cat was already out of the bag
OMG where was this idea my whole life.
Where was it during the first three pins? I considered it early on but was like “naah, I got this”. When I finally tried it with the 4th, I was kicking myself.
Well you caught on faster than me. I’ve been using them for hinge pins for years and never thought to use a drill. I hammered things on with a rubber mallet, and as often as not BROKE what I was trying to attach.
I got out my hammer, and was all set to give it some tapping, and I had a thought ‘this is 1/8" wood, one wrong whack and that’s that’, and put it away. Sounds like I dodged a bullet.
Great job! Looks awesome!
Missed that. Skimming posts instead of actually reading them is a bad habit of mine.
Can’t figure out what impresses me more about your work. Your creativity, your productivity, or your generosity in documenting your projects. Thanks again.
You keep inspiring me!
Often when you post, it really makes me want to go to Fusion 360 and model something based on your post. Here’s what I came up with this time:
It’s using the same slat techique, but with rounded slats that have this shape:
Thanks again for the inspiration!
That’s wicked. Plywood?
Well, it’s just a rendering.
I used “cherry” on the sides, and “bamboo” on the tops of the model to give them different shades.
If I do cut it, I’ll probably use Baltic Birch plywood to test it out. I have to find 1/4" dowels as well.
Oh snap, nice render, I should have looked more closely. What render engine is it using? Is there a built in rendered in f360?