Designing an Overkill workbench for home office
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Designing an Overkill workbench for home office
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#2I’m also in Japan and finding the right materials can be really tough when you’re mainly learning from US-based makers and woodworkers. The fact that space is also very limited here (no garages or lawns...) also doesn’t help with DIY stuff!
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#3Glad to learn about cutlistoptimizer as I looked casually for something like that in the past. I’ll have to figure out how to feed it from Fusion360.
Also interesting to learn that Japanese “2x4”s are in that ratio exactly. In the US, they’re 1/2” under nominal size (so 1.5” by 3.5”). Makes it awkward to stack pieces together at times. (2 2x2s next to each other in the US are smaller than a 2x4.)
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#4I recently purchased an adjustable height workbench from Home Depot. I'm in the process of designing a subblememtal top so I can use it as an adjustable height desk (standing desk / regular desk).
I opted for with drawers but that might have been a mistake. I'll know soon.
https://www.homedepot.com/p/Husky-46-in-Adjustable-Height-Wo...
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#5Watching this with interest. I’m living in Tokyo and would like to undertake a similar project.
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#6Looking forward to the follow up!
I have a question: what CAD software do you use? Would you recommend it to a beginner?
I'm desperate in that software space, everything seems either clunky, too complex (as a beginner) or overly expensive...
Re: Designing an Overkill workbench for home office
#7Glad to learn about cutlistoptimizer as I looked casually for something like that in the past. I’ll have to figure out how to feed it from Fusion360. Also interesting to learn that Japanese “2x4”s are in that ratio exactly. In the US, they’re 1/2” under nominal size (so 1.5” by 3.5”). Makes it awkward to stack pieces together at times. (2 2x2s next to each other in the US are smaller than a 2x4.)
I knew about the smaller 2x4s, but now I have a sudden irrational anger that the 2x2s are not also smaller...
How 2x4s depreciate according to Twin Peaks: [0].
It appears in the US they start out at 2x4 and are trimmed down to make them look more finished.
[0]https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=txPcLOtbG3s
EDIT to ask if OP means 'bigger' rather than 'smaller'?
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#8Looking forward to the follow up! I have a question: what CAD software do you use? Would you recommend it to a beginner? I'm desperate in that software space, everything seems either clunky, too complex (as a beginner) or overly expensive...
Writing follow up from home depo store. The CAD I use is Autodekst Invetor I got license from family company as I sometimes help with some CAD designs so its basically free for me, but if looking for cheaper/free alternative is probably Fusion 360 is really limited compared to normal Inventor but its pretty good for beginner
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#9I recently purchased an adjustable height workbench from Home Depot. I'm in the process of designing a subblememtal top so I can use it as an adjustable height desk (standing desk / regular desk). I opted for with drawers but that might have been a mistake. I'll know soon. https://www.homedepot.com/p/Husky-46-in-Adjustable-Height-Wo...
I have two without the drawers. They are wonderful.
I think they will have a much longer lifespan than the electronically controlled sit/stand desks.
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#10Looking forward to the follow up! I have a question: what CAD software do you use? Would you recommend it to a beginner? I'm desperate in that software space, everything seems either clunky, too complex (as a beginner) or overly expensive...
Writing follow up from home depo store. The CAD I use is Autodekst Invetor I got license from family company as I sometimes help with some CAD designs so its basically free for me, but if looking for cheaper/free alternative is probably Fusion 360 is really limited compared to normal Inventor but its pretty good for beginner
I'm really liking Onshape, which works in the browser.