Tools and Techniques – Dave's Rocket Shop

Rock a by Rocket – Rocket Cradles

March 22, 2020

A cradle is one of the most basic tools of rocket making. It allows you to lay the rocket horizontal while working, simplifying many tasks such as attaching fins. In this video I show a very versatile cradle design for both large and small rockets.

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Fusion 360 Design Files:
https://www.davesrocketshop.com/files/Large%20Cradle.f3d
https://www.davesrocketshop.com/files/Small%20Cradle.f3d

STL files:
https://www.davesrocketshop.com/files/Large%20Cradle.stl
https://www.davesrocketshop.com/files/Small%20Cradle.stl

CAD Macros

June 20, 2019

Fusion 360

Macro	Description	Details
NoseCones360-1.0.zip	Nose Cone Generator	https://www.davesrocketshop.com/?p=265

FreeCAD

Macro	Description	Details
Nose Cones.FCMacro	Nose Cone Generator	https://www.davesrocketshop.com/?p=194

3D Printing Software and Services

August 20, 2018

Existing models you can print:
https://www.thingiverse.com/

CAD and Design Software
FreeCAD – https://www.freecadweb.org/
OpenSCAD – http://www.openscad.org/
Tinkercad – https://www.tinkercad.com/
Fusion 360 – https://www.autodesk.com/products/fusion-360/

3D Printing Services
https://www.3dhubs.com/
https://www.shapeways.com/

Slicing Software
https://www.simplify3d.com/
https://ultimaker.com/en/products/ultimaker-cura-software

Tools for making large centering rings

July 6, 2018

These are the tools I mention in my video “Saturn IB Part 4 – Centering Rings”

Router circle cutter: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00009K77A/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o03_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

Router 1/4″ bit: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00004T7JZ/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o03_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

Plunge Router: https://www.homedepot.com/p/Ryobi-2-HP-10-Amp-Plunge-Base-Router-RE180PL1G/205509658

I am not an affiliate for any of these vendors. Feel free to shop around. There are also many tools by other manufacturers that will achieve the same result, but these are what I use.