Blindly trusting the measurements of my design software produced satisfactory results
9d 18h ago by feddit.uk/u/Iconoclast in woodworking@lemmy.ca from feddit.uk
Building a screen door for customer's balcony.
Sometimes you just have to truss the process
What software is that? I have access to Vectorworks through my employer, but I’m always wary of using company stuff for freelance/personal projects.
Free version of SketchUp - it's great for stuff like this.
It is! I designed a wardrobe and made the entire frame from pieces that I cut from the SketchUp measurements. Just had to assemble in place. It was a different way for me to build stuff but it worked well.
Virtually every single time I start designing something in sketchup I realize that the way I planned it in my head wouldn't have worked. I'll much rather make that mistake then than once I'm fitting the parts together. The accuracy you can get this way is also quite amazing. When I check the final measurements once I'm done I'm usually off by few millimeters at most.
That's something I encountered working in rapid prototyping. Your brain can imagine things passing through each other. No, Inspector Gadget's helicopter thing wouldn't fit in his hat. Sorry.
No trust needed when the mathematics were done right. Looks awesome!
There are many ways to build this with no mathematics at all.
When I built my gate last year I came across this video that discusses the style of your framing.
How to Build a Wood Gate That Won’t Sag (Full Build + How to Brace)
They seem to approve of my method
No assumptions, no judgements. I'm a mere hobbyist sharing info.
Your work looks good!