Freds_Premium

Freds_Premium t1_jab8ykg wrote

Reply to General Feedback/Getting Started Questions and Answers [Weekly Thread] by AutoModerator

I want to build a cassette style drying rack for clothes. The rack will consist of a frame and then rails to slide each cassette into. The cassettes will be a 37"X37" frame (probably pvc and pvc elbows) and then nylon mesh net for the clothes to rest on (look at the first img I uploaded to see the idea).

I'm looking for cheap and easy and have no experience building things. I have almost no tools aside from a drill and hand tools. Here is a link with several ideas. https://imgur.com/a/mcR8cfD

Note: I own the first product linked. Works well but each tier does not slide out. It's hard to place clothes on each tier and you need to work crouching which is hard on your knees/legs. That's why I need a system with removable cassettes where you can lay a piece of clothing flat on it, preferably on a standing height table, and then insert the cassette in the rack to dry.

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Freds_Premium t1_ja6gtu1 wrote

Reply to General Feedback/Getting Started Questions and Answers [Weekly Thread] by AutoModerator

Need to improve a drying rack for clothes.

The rack I'm talking about is called, STORAGE MANIAC Sweater Drying Rack (google will show first amazon result).

I purchased this and it works as intended. However, the problem is loading clothes on the middle and lower portions of it. It isn't meant to become unstacked easily. You first start by placing the first 1/4 of a shirt on it, then you spin the whole rack 180 degrees so you can reach the shirt to pull it all the way into position. This sucks and strains your knees.

A better product would be a rack that has slots, and removeable "cassettes" that you can load a shirt on at a nice standing desk height, and then insert the cassette into the rack.

This product doesn't exist but I want to create my own. Can you please give me advice on how to make one? I do not have a ton of tools (really just have a drill and some hand tools). But I am thinking that pvc elbows, tees, and connectors are easily available at hardware stores. Is pvc pipe going to even be strong enough? The plastic tubes on this Amazon product do not flex or sag.

Edit: After I finished typing this, I look over to my right at my Ikea metal shelving rack (Google: Omar). Possibly I could craft a cassette style rack out of the 4 metal posts. But I just need them to be 27 wide and 27 deep (so no Ikea shelves are like that). But maybe they make custom parts for that style of shelf. And then do pvc and mesh net cassettes.

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Freds_Premium t1_iy047qz wrote

Reply to Nvidia has created a text-to-3D generative-AI that will allow people to make high-resolution 3D models from just text prompts. by lughnasadh

I dream of a day when someone can take their favorite video game, something like Fallout 76 for instance, and create their own expansions, recreate their own towns, or make a 1:1 reproduction of the entire state of WV for instance.

Or maybe games like Final Fantasy 7 Remake could take 2-3 years to produce instead of 8.

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