Drawings for the group?
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12 February 2014 at 11:07 pm #27779
Some of you know that, on occasion, I post drawings to go with Paul’s projects as well as my own. I really enjoy sharing them with folks that find them useful. As the projects become more complex, it has become increasingly difficult to do the drawings by hand in a format that I can easily share on this forum. So over the last couple of weeks I have been developing a format that will make it easier to produce the drawings no matter the complexity. I have also been able to integrate a “cut list” as well as using both imperial and metric dimensions. (tag @joseph )
If you are interested, please review the attached sample drawing and give me some feedback. I hope that this format will meet everyone’s needs.
Thanks for looking…
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You must be logged in to view attached files.12 February 2014 at 11:29 pm #27784Hi Greg,
I think you’re very kind offering your time to do such fine drawings. It’s such a nice and friendly attitude. Thank you very much!
The drawing seems perfect to me, with colors. All dimensions stated, including inch and mm.
I do use metric measurements but I don’t care if only Imperial is used. Of course, if metric also OK I think it’s very fine. However, one should check metric conversions because approximations sometimes do not add up to the total when converted, whereas the Imperial measurements were adding up correctly. Also metric standard materials maybe slightly different in a given country.
Many thanks!
RicardoGreg-
The drawing is awesome. You are talented and productive. I clearly need to manage my own free time better…
I tend to modify the projects slightly in order to fit my needs (i.e.. the dovetail box length fits my longest chisel) or materials. I am also trying to approach projects more in terms of proportions rather than hard measurements, but your drawings serve as a good way to accurately visualize the intended design.
Usually, the measurements that are most critical to me are the overall dimensions, and the depth of grooves and housings. You have done all that and much more.
13 February 2014 at 2:59 am #27796Greg,
Thank you for these wonderful drawings. I really appreciate your willingness to share your photos, drawings, and projects. You add so much to these forums!
Thank you13 February 2014 at 5:31 am #27798Greg, you’ve done a great service for the group! I’ts nice to know
someone’s got your back with these drawings when I begin trying my hand
at the wall clock and rest of the projects. Thank you.Awesome, Greg. Thanks a lot.
I like the style of your manual drawings, but it must already be much work to do these for smaller items. A tool box would be laborious and inconvenient to do. Digital drawings have some advantages, e.g. printing results generally in a better quality print. One small suggestion: the font provides IMHO not the best readability, a cleaner font type might help recognize the writing a bit better.
Thanks again and best wishes.
David
Hey Greg,
that’s great! They certainly miss the character of your hand drawings but whatever works best for you will work for the community that gets it as a gift.
Are you aiming on 1:1 ratio for printing at some projects or what made you consider the digital solution? How did you scan or photograph your hand drawings so far?
Cheers
Florian
Hi Greg,
These are really a superb resource and beautifully executed. I must admit that they don’t have the charm of your hand drawn work but it makes perfect sense for you to move things over to a digital basis.
Would it be possible to use a different font for the text though? I did find I was squinting into the screen a bit. That might also be due to the font colour so any chance of darkening the blue?
I’m curious to know what you’re using to produce these drawings – is it Solidworks by any chance?
13 February 2014 at 12:10 pm #27805Thank you all so much for kind words and suggestions. I must apologize for my lack of clarity in my original post. I forgot to address the most basic aspects.
I fully intend to continue doing these drawings by hand. Up to this point most of my drawings have been in isometric (3D) format. That is what is becoming hardest to continue with. The major change that I am looking at is to plan and elevation drawings, like the one posted above. The computer will be used to help me establish the layout of all parts before I start the hand drawing. When I do the computer layout I can also ascertain the metric conversion for each dimension. With the computer layout I will know where to locate each part so that I do not run out of room in the middle of a drawing and have to start over.
That’s probably far more information than you cared to know.
Again, sorry for my lack of clarity and thank you for taking the time to comment. 🙂
Fantastic stuff Greg, your drawings are so useful, especially to people like me who zero drawing capability but love to work from drawings. I think when your starting in wood work its very hard to visualize the end result without a drawing like the ones you produce.
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