@davidheim1 said:

Very nice job. I'm curious: How did you model the ball-and-claw feet?

I cheated.

Hi all, it's been a while since I contributed any content.
Like everything I do, I could have added more detail. I've seen many of these desks. My Grandfather owned one. I've got the one my Mother had, and I modeled it from that.
A big thanks to Dave R I was ready to tear my hair out trying to get the tape measure tool to scale correctly, and I have little hair left to tear out.

Flip-down desk.skp

https://3dwarehouse.sketchup.com/model/3d4894ec-3687-45b3-b0a0-6b5d439df43f/Ball-and-claw-desk-1940s-desk-desk-flip-down-desk-antique-desk[3dwh][/3dwh]

It's been so long since I posted here that I've probably didn't do it correctly.
Oh well! Happy new year all!!

@davidheim1 said:

[attachment=0:26o5nhvr]<!-- ia0 -->heller mug by vignelli.jpg<!-- ia0 -->[/attachment:26o5nhvr]Besides the notorious subway map and a slew of furniture, the Vignellis also designed a line of stacking plastic dinnerware for Heller. You'll recognize it.
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dh

Cool cup design, but I just don't see that stacking ability. Very nice job on the dinette table.

There is something to be said for simplicity. I'm currently watching a thread debating the size of pocket screw holes, really?

@davidheim1 said:

Thanks, l i am. You're right that the model looks fatter than the original, but when I measure the width it comes out right. Go figure.

Camera perspective perhaps?

Looks great though!

Thank you all for the complements! I got a bit carried away with the detail, but it was fun to do. I started at the bottom of the model and realized about half way into it I should have done the beaded front corners first, oh well.

Yes, Dave it was a fascinating museum! The Kissels were my favorites, especially as they were manufactured right there in Hartford. The "Suicide Seat" would have been a fun ride, who needs seat-belts! On second thought, in 1973, I remember I and about twenty others riding on a car around the Watkins Glen race track during "Summer Jam 73". I'd have felt safer in the "Mother-in -laws" seat.

My internet was down for a few days, so I took the time to model this jukebox I took a picture of at the Wisconsin Automobile Museum.

I did a lot of guessing, but I was pleased with the outcome.

3D Warehouse

3D Warehouse is a website of searchable, pre-made 3D models that works seamlessly with SketchUp.

(3dwarehouse.sketchup.com)

Nice scallop!

That one came out great David!

L i am, in that I know you, I found it funny.

For hahas, I found another "render" of the hidden panel.

It's looking darn good so far!

I'm fairly sure L i am was kidding. I only wish I could render that well.

In that, I milled most everything but the ply-wood used, I guess this is "woodworking".
I modeled and built this from a concept sketch. I've revised the original model to reflect the "as-built" state.

The walls, ceiling, and floor were 1/4 inch steel welded in place, so every attachment point was drilled and tapped.

The two back panels on the right and left are mounted on cantilevered slides to access and hide my client's full-automatic guns.

Because the man had both double-barrel and single barrel rifles, I designed some upper receivers that are mounted using magnets, so the guns could be positioned as he wished.

Thank you all!

@hornoxx said:

:how did you manage to get this so cool done towel-disorderliness

Most of the arrangement was done by me, but my cockatoo was in there last night and helped, she grabs and pulls on anything within reach.

It's been a while since I posted anything. While nowhere near six-hundred models I think this might be my forty-eighth or so. This is my bathroom vanity, most of it was made from a 12/4 oak beam that was no longer supporting anything in my building and a sheet or so of plywood. Nothing spectacular, but it's served well for the last eight years or so. Modeled and built the medicine cabinets also.

LOL, ten tries until I realized my images were over 1600 pixels, live and learn.

600? Wow! Just like the other 599, I like this one also!

Wow, that's some nice detail DH!

Okay, I got the solution! After adding some lubricant to the coved upper knob it allows the outer shaft to spin on the upstroke, letting the bit stay in whatever you were driving.

@DaveR, the top knob is attached to the outer shaft and creates the rotation of the inner spiral shaft, the bottom "grip" has a bushing and does freely rotate. The secondary knob on the top freely rotates also, that's the one I wonder what its purpose was for.