Side Projects

Super weird cool amazing game night stand table

Needed a new table. Me and my friends wanted to try out some new games with super expensive boards. I had to think of a press fit connection project. I really love lizard scales. The box for the puzzling robots is not ready to be cut just yet. That is how this happened.

Game Night Stand Table
Game Night Stand Table - with scales!

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Though the lasercutting session today was really bad, it allowed me to to basic testing. It seems to be working fine with a few little changes.

gamenightstandTableTestV1
Rough test Game NightStand Table V1

Version2 update

  • In scales: remove rounded corners from finger inserts
  • Increase

How I made this press-fit connection: using parametric design, experience, and brainpower I created formulas that change automatically. Until now, the kerf was 0.07 mm, so I included it into the formula as if it was a scale factor. At times it took some trial and error or reworking the formulas. Thanks to Cuttel's instant modification that was no trouble.

formulasIGuess
One of the formulas in the parametric design. I called the kerf "Scew" here but do not get fooled. It's the same thing!