Newbie to CAD could use a hand

[DavidR8]

SheetCAM is pretty much the de facto standard for work going to a CNC plasma cutter.

 

[Janger]

Found an old copy of sketchup on my old computer i was going through a few months ago. I did a course with it whenever i was in highschool. I started playing with it and kinda got back into the groove a bit. fast forward to me buying a jackhammer for our excavator and now needing a quick attach to hook onto it. company wanted $2k++ for a ready to go one. so i whipped up the bit in sketchup, emailed a dxf file to my buddy at the steel fab shop and have the bits for about $700. an evening of welding later and voila!

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Probably not the best program for making drawing but in this case it worked out.

@dialedin More pictures! How big is this? How thick are those hooks? Any shots of the Jack hammer mounted?

 

[Ishmael]

I don't know what the hell I'm doing with this stuff, but I do it best using freeCAD.

 

[dialedin]

@dialedin More pictures! How big is this? How thick are those hooks? Any shots of the Jack hammer mounted?

The base is about 16x16in, the q/a hooks are 24in from tip to back and its all 3/4in plate. I had my friend cut out one hook in plywood first to make sure my dxf drawing was OK. Had to tweak it slightly but the end result was pretty good. Could of made the end where the wedge lock goes a bit wider but it's OK.

 

[dialedin]

I was a little worried about the 8 holes lining up but everything was good in the end! I also realized I need to weld a little more often lol