Month: February 2008

Though I used to mess about with POVRay back in the day I actually know precious little about drafting/modeling software. This project is coming to a close but I will want to build a second one of these tables in the future. I decided that having an actual schematic with measurements in an electronic format for the table would be a useful thing to have so I don’t have to keep hunting around for the piece of copier paper that originally I drew it on. Google pointed me at their own solution for this which is called SketchUp. It’s decent and the time from installation to being able to use it isn’t bad. The built in instructions are pretty good and have little animations to show you what it is you’re supposed to be doing with the tool you have selected. I’ve modeled the four side pieces of the top so far. Ultimately I think I’ll model the whole thing and then lay the pieces out in cutting diagram form. Maybe there’s even a useful way to upload it here and let everyone play along. Tomorrow is rock day!

The extra special Mr. Bill told me that there was a company called “Travertine Stone Products” on Rutland and Metric that might fit my custom stone supply needs. I called them yesterday and they said they thought they could help me so I went down there at lunch today. The woman who helped me was patient and informative and friendly and after I decided what specific kind of travertine I wanted and described the desired dimensions she said they’d get back to me with a quote. The quote was forthcoming about an hour later and it was for a price less than I had decided I was willing to pay and the estimated delivery date would be Wednesday next week which was faster than I’d expected. If the stone actually comes in and is anything like the correct size and color I will promote these people to the auspicious rank of Big Damned Heroes. With any luck the next post here will be pictures of a finished table. Cross your fingers.