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@mcdanlj@social.makerforums.info
2026-06-19 00:24:52

It's #FreeCADFriday UTC, even if it's still Thursday evening where I am.
I am getting a screened pop-up gazebo/cabana for ham radio purposes (Field Day) and wanted to compare footprints of three different options. One has a 10' x 10' square footprint, and two have hexagonal footprints specified by their longest internal measurement, because bigger numbers sell, but I didn't h…

Screen shot of FreeCAD sketcher as described in the text
@mcdanlj@social.makerforums.info
2026-06-19 17:42:51

More #FreeCADFriday now in Friday in my own time zone. I have a fan that I want to make a table stand for to use outside while operating #HamRadio. First I modeled the fan in a silly amount of detail, including the grill, which took some learning, and I'm still pretty sure I d…

Screenshot of unreasonably accurate model of a fan with a grate.
Screen shot of fan in a box to be 3d-printed
Rear view showing grate to keep fingers out
Same rear view, fewer radials