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I built a bay window, booth, and table yesterday.

Started by Just Me, January 28, 2015, 09:27:32 AM

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Just Me

I was going up against a company that is good with computer design for a small job and decided that I could not compete on their terms so I did a game changer.



 



 

I emailed these two pictures out and got an email back that the job was mine. Two hours in the shop got me $5K worth of work. I think I may use this tack more often.

Larry

fishpharmer

Clever idea and impressive work.  Glad to hear you won the job for your efforts. 8)
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DeerMeadowFarm

Now that's using your noggin'! Congrats on landing the job!

sandhills

That's really neat, you have a great idea there.  My wife can't even begin to read blueprints or floor plans, they just don't register to her, she can't picture what it would look like in her head, show her something like that and it makes sense.  Things like that might help you with a lot of business.

mesquite buckeye

It is amazing how few people can "get" the finished product from a drawing. I think you are on to something here. :)

I think the real trick will be to get your model to expand to full size. Maybe by adjusting the font size. ;D
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Farmerjw

Years back we would have called that a "salesman's sample".  Still useful today.  How much design/detail difference between this and the real one?
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Just Me

Everything is pretty much the same except for the lower base on the table. It will be less intrusive legs but was too hard/timeconsuming to do on a 1"=1' scale. The rest is an exact scale model.

I have three daughters so it was just like twenty years ago when I was building them doll houses.  :D

WmFritz

I was admiring your work for a minute before I noticed the pencil and realized it was a model. Clever idea.
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thecfarm

I do hope we get to see the full size one.   :(   The small size looks mighty nice.
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Magicman

That is one way to eliminate the competition.   8)
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DeerMeadowFarm

Quote from: mesquite buckeye on January 28, 2015, 11:01:39 AM
It is amazing how few people can "get" the finished product from a drawing. I think you are on to something here. :)

I'm a draftsman by trade, and engineer by night school, and a manager because I've been here so long! Back in the day, when I made drawings on the board, we had a lot of "engineers" right out of school that couldn't read a blueprint. 3D CAD helps some, but creates other problems. Now we get engineers right out of school that still can't read blueprints but think they are designers because they can make models with the 3D CAD that is not always possible to machine!

My wife has problems with blueprints and maps as well. It was a struggle when she "helped" me design our house. She had good ideas but it wasn't always easy to get it drawn in a way that she understood it.

Magicman

Of course what @Just Me really did was build a very large pencil that he is showing off.   ;D
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GAB

Quote from: Magicman on February 05, 2015, 02:00:57 PM
Of course what @Just Me really did was build a very large pencil that he is showing off.   ;D

I'd like to see the sharpener he used to sharpen that pencil!
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5quarter

Honestly, for a minute or two, I thought the giant pencil was some sort of prop. ::)
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