Tinkering, but not just stupid tinkering.

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I have been considering how to get the plans for the solar oven in order. As much for myself as for others. I could do hand drawn schematics and try and get my multi-printer to work. Yes, there is that. Or I could try to find a free design program, tinker with it, and make the thing somewhat presentable. Hoping of course I could print that and scan it or even figure out how to directly input that so even people without the program could use the drawings. I went with the latter. To that end, I pulled down 3DCrafter. I have been tinkering on it for a bit, since I got back, after I found it, downloaded and installed it anyway. I have a generic rectangle inside another rectangle and something that passes for a door 3D wire door, all together and spaced proportionately, in wire frame, together so far.

Oh, it is going to be a minor headache. I haven't gone through the tutorials yet, which might help. Not bad, actually, for just tinkering. I think. I will probably try to put in dimensions, thicknesses on some things, and such before getting to the finer details of instructions. Since it is free, I doubt if I will be able to do cut-away views, with dimensions and textures. Then again, I haven't been successful using textures at all, yet. With a rough outline, I am hoping to build on it as I put the real thing together. Should I frame the mylar, or the 3 outer parts of it? What type of construction will I need to hold the double plate glass? How thick will the oven door need to be to be useful, and how to frame it and insulate it?

I suspect that if I do it as I go, I will have a much easier time of rendering things than if I simply try to do it after all is done and the contraption is sitting there looking at me like I should have written everything down. Yeah, sometimes things can be just like women. Or is it, that like Zeus, a woman or more have crawled inside my head and are wanting out. Oh, sthey... Howdy pink pilgrim... Where is my STINKING HAMMER. Gotta fix that. If you aren't into mythology, don't even worry about all that. Just thank goodness Zeus went for the hammer and not the interior design school of the gods. That's... all I'm saying. (Ever wondered if it was actually Thor's hammer. Sure the gods all knew each other, and Thor had probably more than once considered caving Zeus's head in... just... another thought.)

It turns out I have to go to town again tomorrow. The bike guy and I just missed today. I will call, as early as I can, and see if I can just bring the thing in. If something actually is wrong, as I suspect strongly at this point, he will have to make the call. If it is just some trick, I will then know it. Plus he might give some pointers on how to set it up and where to get more information on this particular bike. It's an oddball. Oh, and not only does the large tall (tall) shirt fit, but so do the really tight 40's from back then (40's). I just wasn't doing well enough to send them back. I still hate the pockets on the Land's End jeans (jeans), way to small, girly seeming. But they fit and it is too late to return them, so... Oh, fine, I'll quit messing with you you. Ha

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A break from tinkering, a little food, some goofing tinkering, then who knows what else. Have a good evening.