More FreeCAD exercises.

I’m trying to get the steps needed to get this fuselage shape drawn documented. This will be the part that the undercarriage has to connect to. The back curve should have a sharper corner, I’ll work on that. Next step is adding the leg and try the fillet parts…

It ain’t working the way I want it to..

I’ve come to a grinding halt with OpenSCAD. Pity, but so is life. I learned a lot, and maybe, just maybe there are tricks to do what I want, but since my maths-magic is not that strong, I have decided to stop using it for this project. For quick jobs it certainly does work great. … Read more

This part time retirement is fun!

Another day of shed-time, life is good! Continued cleaning up, while the print-slave does it’s printing. (don’t want to leave him alone, in case the dreaded grey electronic smoke escapes. As is well known: All electronic equipment works by the grace of the grey electronic smoke contained therein. As soon as it escapes, your system … Read more

A few 3d print notes

As always I manage to find the bugs.. Just do quick test for the PT-17 legwarmers. The design was easy, so what can go wrong. I have been using Simplify3D for a long time, always did what I asked it to do. Until now. I asked it to print this very simple structure, but for … Read more

Openscad again.

3 reasons, Ed asked my if I could do something for his latest project, and I really fancy those 1970’s looking flared undercarriage pants as well. So, bite the bullet, and do some thinkings. I found what appears to be a good starting point on github, so let’s see if we can do this. The … Read more