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Hammock made with Sketchup...

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MonkeyHumper writes - "My wife wanted a hammock for the backyard, and Sketchup came to the rescue. I found the easiest way to build in Sketchup is to build a bunch of standard lumber sizes and use them over and over again. I can't wait to make it... " - Link. Check out other projects that are made (or will be made) with Sketchup here - Link.

Since Sketchup went free, we're seeing a lot of new projects being posted - eventually you might be able to send off your files to a fabricator, lumber yard or whatever supplier - the stuff shows up, you make it! How cool will that be! Maker-aware suppliers could have all their parts/tools/things available as Sketchup components so we can use them to build our projects (and eventually order).

Related:

Workbench plans - made with Sketchup - Link.
SketchUp -> Google SketchUp now free... Link.

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Posted by: monkeyhumper on May 5, 2006 at 12:30 PM

I'm famous!

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Posted by: mlaargh on May 5, 2006 at 12:46 PM

so where's the link to the sketchup file?

I'd like to build this, but don't want to "reinvent the wheel." (read - "am too lazy to design it myself")

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Posted by: Emrikol on May 5, 2006 at 1:13 PM

Ditto!

I'd love to be able to make one of these also!

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Posted by: monkeyhumper on May 5, 2006 at 1:35 PM

http://www.yourfilehost.com/media.php?cat=other&file=hammock_trellis.skp

Have at it, people! Make sure and document the build and post photos to the Make pool!

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Posted by: Emrikol on May 5, 2006 at 1:37 PM

Thanks!

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Posted by: monkeyhumper on May 5, 2006 at 1:48 PM

http://www.yourfilehost.com/media.php?cat=other&file=1708hammock_trellis.skp

I suggest using these 12 foot 2x2's for extra support.

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Posted by: chroma on May 5, 2006 at 1:51 PM

I'd love to let people upload stuff from SketchUp to Big Blue Saw so that parts could be made, but unfortunately, the free version doesn't support DXF output. And I don't see any documentation for SketchUp's native format.

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Posted by: bhammond00 on May 6, 2006 at 12:13 PM

I used SketchUp last December to design a home-bar from scratch. I ended up designing the different sized pieces of lumber that I needed and pieced it all together, similar to this project.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/bhammond/sets/1564639/

-Brian

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Posted by: henrym93 on September 6, 2007 at 9:32 PM

I'm obviously not the only one who loves these plans..awesome job!!If theres anyway you could send me a copy of them I would be very grateful.....my e-mail is henrym93@aol.com Thanks alot, gordy

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