(Pulling this over here to the dedicated thread)
I could definitely draw out a design like that and have it lazer-cut, but I went with my design for a couple of reasons:
- I dont personally feel that the brass-knuckles style grip would be very comfortable to lift 50 pounds.
- I wear pretty thick gloves, and so sticking my fingers in those holes might be more awkward, which reduces the convenience of the handle.
- Etoxx is an expert machinist, and makes beautiful CNC’d parts where every corner and edge is nicely rounded. I am going for something very cheap here, which means lazer-cutting. That brass-knuckles style design I think would be really uncomfortable with sharp lazer cut corners in every hole.
With my current design it’s easy for me to model and print a soft, comfortable TPU grip that snaps onto the handle, but I couldn’t do that for the brass-knuckles style design.