SolidWorks. Rapid-Prototyping. Acrylic. GUNS.

by Josh on October 1, 2008 · View Comments

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Stuart Fingerhut rapid prototype ponoko solidworks rendering Ready. Aim. Rapid-prototype your freagin’ cool idea before someone else does. That’s exactly what Stu Fingerhut did with his gun rack organizer, fully-loaded to help you clean-up that mess gathering on your entryway table.

The Process? Modeled in SolidWorks, rendered in PhotoWorks, and manufactured via Ponoko. It’s the steps that a lot of designers and engineers with great ideas are using to introduce new products and get their name out there.

Stu Fingerhut is a designer currently attending Art Center College of Design in Pasadena, CA, studying Environmental Design. [Personal site][ponoko profile]

fingerhut solidworks concept

Take a look, after the break, at the process he went through from model and rendering to concept and final product. I think you’ll agree – What good is a AK-47 if it’s laying in your drawer? No good at all. Model it up in SolidWorks, make some renderings, revamp for manufacturing and add some use to it by creating a functional piece of art. Rockin’ Cool Stu.

The first rendering of the gun rack organizer after modeling in SolidWorks
Stuart Fingerhut gunrack solidworks rendering

Rendering using multiple materials after modeling in SolidWorks
Stuart Fingerhut gunrack solidworks final rendering

Gunrack Prototype made with water jet cut aluminum and CNC’d walnut
Stuart Fingerhut gunrack solidworks prototype

The final Ponoko product. Build-up of 1/4 inch white acrylic
Stuart Fingerhut gunrack solidworks ponoko

You can buy this in white or black acrylic on Stuart Fingerhut’s Ponoko Showroom for $99.00 US. awesome.

Tagged as: Design Fabrication, ponoko

{ 18 comments }

aldean October 1, 2008 at 9:06 am: cocked, locked and ready to rock – or errr…. organise… something like that anyway…
STU October 1, 2008 at 10:12 pm: thanks for the blow up on my project!
Josh M October 1, 2008 at 10:25 pm: No problem man! These are excellent. I bet the whole story of how you got to the manufacturing point. cool stuff Stu.
Josh M October 1, 2008 at 10:52 pm: Rayguns
aldean October 2, 2008 at 12:23 pm: Seesmic video reply from Disqus.
burhop October 2, 2008 at 9:09 pm: Seesmic video reply from Disqus.
aldean October 3, 2008 at 3:15 am: I waiting with bated breath to see what Mark actually looks like… GUTTTEDDDDD dudes..
Josh M October 3, 2008 at 9:15 am: me too! arrrghh! you can't hide in SL forever Mark!
burhop October 3, 2008 at 9:20 am: The barriers between “virtual” and “actual” are bluring. Many people on the web would say this is what I actually look like
aldean October 3, 2008 at 4:25 pm: What? Your voice is out of sync with your mouth and have no arm muscles?

no no no no no… its SO very very wrong…
Josh M October 3, 2008 at 4:33 pm: All I'm saying is we need more video comments. I'm sure the later at night they are made, the more interesting they would get.
BusbyTest December 9, 2008 at 2:32 am: This acrylic guns are cool.
TX80 January 6, 2009 at 3:21 pm: I think you “jumped the gun” on this idea… but at least, it's going to be a “killer” portfolio piece.
magnum4d February 6, 2009 at 3:37 am: hehehe
magnum4d February 10, 2009 at 1:56 am: wow..
Melayu Boleh February 10, 2009 at 2:56 am: wow..
Melayu Boleh February 10, 2009 at 7:56 am: wow..
DeanneBradley34 August 12, 2010 at 12:00 pm: Houses and cars are not cheap and not every person is able to buy it. Nevertheless, personal loans was created to support people in such kind of cases.