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Here are two pages(screenshots) of my model designed in Coreldraw made up of 20 ring shaped units which go together as a "buckyball." The first photo shows how each of the units are formed. The second photo is of my 8" model. The screenshots are of the 2" model. I'd like to set this up as kits...

Nice boat pics. Thanks for sharing.

The seiners around here have the boom(crane) going the other way, forward of the hold and both are aft of the deckhouse. The boom has a big pinch block which pulls in the net. The difference must be that the boom on the MFV was used to load and unload cargo, and the boom on a seiner is to pull...

I've had several people encouraging me to go back to making boats. I hope to. Right now I have a goal fo producing enough planet models for a panel/table in a sci-fi con art show. Maybe next year I can start going through my files for the boat models and redo them for another art show.

Interesting. The boat looks odd to my Alaskan eyes. I looks like it's probably a seiner. But around here the boom and hold are usually on the stern not the prow. I assume that's the prow to the right. The boom looks to me like it's gong the wrong way. I'm not sure how the seine net would be...

It seems to me that each of the machines has it's advantages and disadvantages. The Mac is lightweight so it's the one to take with me to surf the net at a coffee shop and because of like you say the lack of moving parts it's going into the recording booth. The graphics stuff will be going on...

The sound is the fan turning on to cool the computer. The Mac is smaller than my PCs (Dell and HP) and doesn't have a fan that I can tell. Or the sound of the harddrive. Also the touch pad on the Mac works better than the one on the Dell which means less mouse noise. I see though that your...

I'll be using my Mac for recording. They make less noise than PCs. I'm doing my research on what I need. Which will be a good microphone, a pop screen, a mic stand, headphones, a Kindle(for soundless page turning), a chair that doesn't squeek, clothing which doesn't rustle, software for...

Maybe. I'm also getting ready to purchase audio recording equipment. I'm going to record audiobooks, an entirely new type of project for me. I'm eyeballing my closet. I think I might be able to do it in the wee hours of the morning when there's not much traffic.

drat! I put the axel in the wrong place. Now the skin won't align with the structure. It's either that or putting the Northpole in Hudson Bay.

I'm going to wait until Black Friday to order the Cameo. I think I can get a better deal then.

I'm going to see about uploading a video. Ugh that didn't work. Here's the link. https://www.facebook.com/lizzienewellscifi/videos/1269311559880687/ This is next iteration of the model with 23 degree axel tilt. I seem to like moving parts.

]I'm going with a collapsable beam designed somewhat like a car antenna. I have it glued together but I could think about designing stops so that it extends to the correct length. If I did it this way the mailing tube could be quite short, fitting into baggage overhead easily. I could make a box...

I'm going with a collapsable beam designed somewhat like a car antenna. I have it glued together but I could think about designing stops so that it extends to the correct length. If I did it this way the mailing tube could be quite short, fitting into baggage overhead easily. I could make a box...

Thanks. It looks like there are 3 options for machines: Cameo, Portrait, Curio, and Mint. The Cameo looks like the best option for cardmodels because it will accept standard letter-sized cardstock. This makes the production cheaper because the size is readily available and as a kit the pages...

So I put registration marks in my printed cdr files and I set up the cutting using Cameo software. I print first, then put the paper on the Cameo surface. It does the alignment optically.

How does registration work for aligning the printing with the cutting? Have you exported from .cdr to .dxl? I'm also wondering slots work. I put in slots as 2pt lines which means that when I rescale the model the lines stay the same width. I've e-mails the local makerspace to see if they have...

I've been designing models and would like to sell them as kits and as completed models. Most of my design work is of the support structure for spheres which I then use to model planets. For the skin I've been icosahedral maps designed as card models by Calvin J Hamilton. These have no support...

Has anyone tried either Glowforge or Cameo Silhouette Cutter for cardmodels? The Silhouette Cutter is quite a bit cheaper than Glowforge. I like to combine cutting and printing so that the score lines are printed. I'd like to know about precision of the Silhouette cutter, particularly as far...

Here is the completed model hanging in my brother's basement. I hustled to finish it before flying home to Alaska. This is a prototype. I'm going to kits for sale at sci-fi art shows along with completed models. I also hope to put files up for free on my website. I think the design for building...