diff --git a/_posts/2024-08-23-weekend_builds-1.md b/_posts/2024-08-23-weekend_builds-1.md index a8a7ab9..3014366 100644 --- a/_posts/2024-08-23-weekend_builds-1.md +++ b/_posts/2024-08-23-weekend_builds-1.md @@ -1,149 +1,26 @@ --- -title: "Weekend builds: Lasercut stool + Shelf." +title: "Weekend builds: Lasercut stool" layout: post excerpt: | - It's nice when a project can be done in just a few days. + It's nice when a project can be done in just a few days. This is gonna be a little plant pot stand. image: /assets/blog/weekend_builds_1/stool.jpeg +assets: /assets/blog/weekend_builds_1/ --- -There's something fascinating about maps. I particularly love how they have this kind of fractal level of detail as you zoom in and out. Look at this one, I really like the minimalist black and white design. - - - - - - - -
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-The black and white map tiles are from Stamen design, essentially a really nice style sheet on top of © OpenStreetMap contributor data. The rest are OS Maps from the National Library of Scotland. The viewer is leaflet.js. I used CSS container queries to make this a nice square shape. -
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- - - - -In related news, my excellent [co-working space / carpentry workshop / pottery studio](https://www.r-a-r-a.com/) currently has a massive laser cutter which we may or may not keep for the long term. +Here's a quick one, using the aforementioned massive lasercutter at my makerspace, I made this little pot stand out of lasercut ply.
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-The laser cutter can do either a raster or vector. Here is a raster into some birch plywood. They're 10cm square with slightly different settings.
-Given the laser cutter is so massive I thought it might be fun to try to produce a huge map. There's a spot at the top of the stairs in our flat that I think could be nice for it. My partner and I have always always lived somewhere in this vertical strip of london so the tall thin shape has some significance. - +And here's a quick fit test. When doing joints like this you need to compensate for the kerf of the laser (maybe kerf isn't the right word but you know what I mean). I found about 0.1mm kerf compensation worked well for this laser with 6mm ply.
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-A blender render of what it might look like based on a 3D scan of my flat. This took all my very rudimentary new blender skills to put together. +I still need to sand it and glue it together but it's looking pretty cool! I might try to find a clear lacquer to preserve that lovely blackened edge.
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-Here's a 3D version. I got the scan with the lidar scanner on an ipad. -
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- -Given how long those took to cut, I'm thinking that I'll split the design into multiple panels so I don't have to babysit the laser cutter for 24 hours. - - diff --git a/assets/blog/weekend_builds_1/pot.glb b/assets/blog/weekend_builds_1/pot.glb new file mode 100644 index 0000000..38c4f42 Binary files /dev/null and b/assets/blog/weekend_builds_1/pot.glb differ