Blueprint contest

[POC]

I love this idea! I was a drafter for 10 years or so. That was my first life. Now I'm almost done with school for nursing.
I have AutoCAD 2000 on one of my old computers at home. I'll have to fire it up and work on some things.

 

[Bill_C]

The other legality of it would be engineering approval. There would have to be an indepth disclaimer stating that the individual who developed the plans and this website are not responsible for the item built from the plans.
Say someone built something like a FEL from plans submitted to the site and there was an injury due to some sort of mechanical, hydraulic, weld or electrical failure you wouldn't want the injured party to be able to file a lawsuit.
That being said, I would mind seeing some plans for the toys afish listed.

Unfortunately. that's a real problem. I'm a registered professional engineer, and if I publish a blueprint, even with disclaimers, there's legal ramifications...One idiot could bankrupt me and ruin the rest of my life. So sadly, I can't participate freely as I would like.

 

[srjones]

If I were a professional, I'd probably be worried, but I'm not (so I'm not)

Count me in. I love the idea. I don't see how this would be any different for the many designs, ideas and drawings already posted here. Anybody been sued yet?

This is all inherently dangerous stuff and IMHO it is a very good idea to put ideas out in drawn form for others to comment on.

Even if it wasn't a contest, maybe just a promotion to a 'special' forum. I can think of at least a half-dozen or so different TBN designed things that should start things out

 

[mjncad]

In my past life I was a CADD Dweeb for 24-years. I keep my AutoCAD current and I wouldn't mind making a few bucks selling plans. I've posted a thread about that in the past and got a lot of good feedback.

Most was about our litigious society could make my life miserable. A few said go for it, because if we all cower in the corner from the lawyers, then nothing gets accomplished.

I still haven't made up my yet on whether to offer plans for sale with all sorts of disclaimers.