Can I ask this fairly select group of posters about some stuff?

As in:
I have a large number of skips from my work since SU V5 which I don't wish consigned to oblivion.
So, I want to give away all my skps and designs.

I am thinking loading perhaps 100 skips somewhere?
A post?, ugly. Maybe SUC could have a moderated 'warehouse'?

Wot to do?

PS: Might have over-trained a bit, but bugger it, off it goes.
I am some sort of artist, certainly a craftsman, with a wide streak of pragmatism in order to keep beer in the fridge. Some of my work is really good, and some is pragmatic and good enough.
Bottom line for me is has to be solid and safe, IE: well made. SU has been a huge help in this. I approach each job with art foremost in mind, followed quickly by reality and then quickly adapt to the budget, and then hopefully think art again.
And I give a lifetime guarantee on all my work. (Yours or mine).

@l i am said:

I am sure you will check 3 times for underpass headroom :). I know it does not help you but perhaps others.

Thanks Liam, funny you should say check 3 times.
I did, and still went empirical anyway.
IE: I set the canopy frame up on temp posts and walked under it a few times.
SU gave me a good benchmark, (about 20 mm low.)

BTW: I am 6'4' and 3/4", 195cm.

@utiler said:

Just terrible what mother nature serves up when she's pissed.

Too bloody right.

@utiler said:

No bush fires down your way, Baz?

No, thank the gods. In fact nearly feeling guilty. We've had almost 50mm of rain since last week. We needed it. Tho' not as badly as needed up North. How is your situation in Qld?

There hasn't been a fire thru here for 60 years, so when it inevitably happens, it's going to be a doozy. We are well prepared, with a plan A and a plan B. (Plan B is run away).

Cheers.

PS: Just watched the news, had no idea the fires were that bad in Queensland. Hope you and yours are ok.

@hornoxx said:

:thumb: I like this nice landscape ! - where are you?

Finally got my deck built and I love it, makes such a difference.
All modular and can be dismantled to man size pieces for transportation.
Now to see if the canopy is strong enough to take the winds around here.

@box said:

That's the trick Baz, start small and play with little shapes and see what you get. Gradually you'll see how to put shapes together to make complex structures.

Yes. Ciao.

@box said:

From Hornoxx's brilliant complexity to perhaps the simplest SUbD of all, a Guitar Pic.

Simple rocks. I am a bit SubD challenged meself, but I watched that gif 3 times, then went and did it in about the same time, (a bit longer). Perfick.
Ta.

Wow. A testament to your making. Cheers.

Have you heard Joe? Did it survive?

Fab drawing, love the combination of solid line and x-ray. (Now to figure out how you did it

@dave r said:

Unfortunately I'm not at liberty to share the model.

No worries, thought that might be the case.

@dave r said:

I don't know much more about the "old head". He's a member of one of the woodworking forums I participate on and he seems to have a vice for shop made vises. The screw is typically the most expensive part but he came up with the idea of using these cheap dumbbell handles which work quite well. He also buys inexpensive HDPE cutting boards to use for the bearings, shown in white. Another cool trick that he does is to drill and tap the ends of the brass pins so a small machine screw can be inserted to use as a handle to extract the pin if he wants to disassemble the thing.

Great stuff, are you able to share the model?
If so I might adapt it for metric and me, and share of course. Although I s'pose I could do it the hard way....

You are both right about Elm, nasty and unpredictable to work with and tough as old boots. It rewards you in the end but its a battle. I used it in Pommieland many years ago.
Of course, now, Dutch Elm disease ruining city landscapes.
And funnily enuf: on the news tonite, A lady walking down one of our leafy Melbourne boulevards today, got fatally crushed by a hundred year old healthy Elm. (Theres more to this).

Is this a Hijack? Never sure.
Anyway, I love the portable Leg Vise. I want one. Suits my lifestle. But goes on the project list about 90 down.

And the story, Dave, sounds intriguing. The 'Old head'. More please.

@joe wood said:

Dave you did a great job lining up the edge and face textures

So he did, well spotted Joe. The short grain on the handle is a bit of a worry tho'

I am finding SU slow to load as well, too many plugins, I suspect.
I am in the habit of always having SU open, even if just a blank file.

@juju said:

Google Earth licencing no longer supports images being grabbed from it for use in SketchUp (amongst others).

Hi JuJu, Am I misunderstanding? From within SketchUp you can still grab locations and terrain...File/Geo-location/Add location. Isn't that what the OP wanted?

Possibly render with the 'Sun' off. And use emitters in the doors and windows. (In Twilight anyway).

This looks like it could be very useful for setting up lights in Twilight Render. It can be a pain re-pointing lights when looking for a better lighting angle. Thanks.

/quote] Actually, it is used for a couple of hold down clamps. The fellow who designed it uses one to hold a saddle square (he made a wooden one for it today) a.[/quote] Whoops, broke the code:)

Did he make a saddle square for his Moxin. Or a wooden hold down?
Might have to ask him for a pic?
No hurry.