New Use For An Old Case

[immiketoo]

Thats looking really sweet. How many holes do you have in that ?

[billybopp]

This is going to be a really nice piece when you get it done. I love seeing things re-purposed and reused rather than being disposed of.

[MattTheHat]

Cool idea. I haven't read every single post, so maybe it's already been asked, but why not use a sold piece of wood with holes drilled instead of all the tubes?

-Matt

[shtoink]

Cool idea. I haven't read every single post, so maybe it's already been asked, but why not use a sold piece of wood with holes drilled instead of all the tubes?

-Matt

I did state in some of the earlier posts I made that, with hindsight being 20/20, a solid block would have been much better in every possible way.

I thought that a block made from tube sections would have been easier, but I could not have been more wrong about that. Either way, I was already invested in the direction I chose, didn't have a way to cut a block to shape, or even a drill press to bore holes if I did have an appropriately shaped block. Knowing what I know now, I'd have begged or borrowed the required materials and tools to use a solid block.

I cannot stress this enough... Tubes BAD! Solid block GOOD!

(imagine that in the voice of the monster from Young Frankenstein)

Truly a faceplam moment for myself, but you learn more from you mistakes than you do from your successes.

[MattTheHat]

Well, if you don't have the means to deal with a solid block, you kind of have to do what you can deal with. But yes, I could see how they would really complicate things.

Still a very cool idea!

-Matt

[shtoink]

Well, now that I don't have school stuff that requires all of my attention, I have been able to work through my backlog of projects. This case is one of those projects.

I was unable to sleep recently and couldn't stop thinking about how to work that concept of a kickstand to prop the tool block up I really wanted. I kept working on how the block pivots, available room, complexity of the design. This came after talking some of the folks in the chat and realizing that I was trying to make the kickstand far too complicated. All I really needed to have something pivot into position, fit neatly out of the way when not in use, and possibly use magnets to hold its position.

The magnets might not be necessary, but could be a fun addition. I have a couple parts mocked up and started to test fit them. So far, keeping it simple has made a huge difference.

I hope to have a few pictures soon.