Design question for hand tool project

[Andrew Pitonyak]

One reason for a mock-up is to verify things such as stability. I saw a video where a coffee table with essentially three legs was modified because it was not stable and kept falling over. This was discovered based on the mock-up.

Depending on the design, you might want to do some sort of practice bit on it to check for things like:

• Is your skill up to the task
• is it prone to damage because some portion is very fragile
• and similar.

[steven c newman]

front view.jpg
No Prototype was made....went with the wood on hand...

[Derek Cohen]

Recent project. First played with this. Made a few changes ...



Finished up with ...



Started with ...



Used templates to play with curves and proportions, to end with this ...


Regards from Perth

Derek

[Tom Bender]

So this is a challenging project that you really want to get right. Take your time and take the extra steps to get a better result. Start with a small sketch then go to a full sized paper drawing (in as many views as needed). Get a big roll of brown paper from the big box so there is always plenty. This will let you toss out and start over.

A full sized mockup is an investment of time and materials that will be well worth it.