Digital Drawing Horse

This is a nice project, Chuck. It not only is functional but it also looks good as well. I can well understand why it is a focal point for guests. This is certainly a unique piece of furniture.

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Really interesting project….As a Draftsman, I was thinking the other day in something similar, to me there is still something interesting about using a drafting table or an easel, they involve the body movement….the irruption of CAD didnt take into account this factor,and thats a loss in my point of view…..but you solve it!

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It looks good. I would say though that you could “concave” or cut out a place for your legs so that you don’t have to straddle so much material. Just to make it a bit more comfy. Great idea though.

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Great looking piece there. Looks like it would be very convenient to use.

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I like it a bunch. I also like the idea of narrowing where you straddle the bench with your legs. When I was taking drawing classes, the drawing bench horses were a set width where you sat, and about half way down tapered to the front “leg”, maybe 6” wide. It was pretty comfy that way. Also, since it’s not mine, see where the digital tablet sits? What about making it so you could lift that area and store your tablet and pen under that shelf area? Just a thought.

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That’s a nice idea, Chuck. I have almost the same setup—a PowerBook G4 17” with a Intuos3 631W (the wide ratio one)—and I always place a small airplane pillow to hold it against the table in exactly the same position. I guessthat, like me, you don’t use the Wacom mouse but your regular one.

How do you hold the MacBook lifted on the back? I made a stand folding a sheet of aluminium. It keeps it nice and cool at a 1 1/2” over the surface, making it more comfortable to type at the same time.

Then only thing I would do if it were my bench would be making a simple snap-on upholstered pad and a small backrest that could either be flipped back to fold it or simply made removable.

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once in a while I miss the ones we had at school… this is a great design!

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Great idea….I think your on to somthing

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