AllyCAD User Design Gallery

Click here to read Tom Wynkoop's niche iambic paddle designs.

"I received my Journeyman’s Machinist trade papers in 1969. Having completed my apprenticeship and not losing any of my digits during the process, I decided I’d never place my fingers in jeopardy again by running a machine for a living. The majority of my work life was spent at various manufacturing companies in middle management roles of one type or another. During this time, I became a Ham radio operator and resurrected the ability to communicate using Morse code that I had learned while serving in the Navy as a Radioman. This hobby introduced me to electronic sending devices called Iambic paddles. I started a collection of these paddles and decided that I could make one of my own. I now have a machine shop set up in my basement for that purpose.

I sketched a paddle design on some scrap paper but had no way to pull it all together. My mechanical drawing skills were never one of my strongest abilities. Having just been introduced to the computer two years earlier, my skills in that area are still blooming too. I searched the web and found five different basic CAD programs. After trying them all, your AllyCAD was the obvious choice. I spent four hours playing with the program. The results were, to me, amazing. I have attached the first drawings of the paddle. They include the assembly drawing and bill of material, two detail drawings and a hole dimension drawing for part of the machining process. Since this initial drawing, I have used the AllyCAD program to re-do my shop layout and numerous projects in metal and wood."

For more information about Tom Wynkoop's paddle design email Tom at twynk@comcast.net

Click here to read about Mark Chapman's design of structural steel for petrol forecourts.

"I work at High Cross Forecourt Canopies in the United Kingdom. I work on structural steel for petrol forecourt developments and industrial buildings and have done this using AllyCAD for about 6 years. I find AllyCAD an easy and intuitive piece of software and can achieve some very impressive results. AllyCAD will remain my CAD software of choice."

More information about High Cross Forecourt Canopies Ltd can be found at www.high-cross.com.

Click here to read about Normon Ross's clock design.

Normon Ross developed his hobby of repairing antique clocks into a business and now also builds many of the components himself. All the mechanisms and cases of his clocks are designed with the use of AllyCAD and each clock is unique in look and finish. His first valve (below) was completed in 1993 using ChoiceCAD (Now known as AllyCAD). "I think I was one of the first to use this program." he says!



For more information about the clock design email Norman at norman@norman-ross.co.uk