Designed in FreeCAD and printed on a custom Ender-3 V2. A couple more details / photos in the Mastodon thread.
this post was submitted on 02 Sep 2024
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Finally, a comm for that one user who hand-makes longbows. This ones for you, comrade.
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I think it makes a lot more sense to use for functional parts than blender, yes. There might be some learning curve though, especially if you're not familiar with CAD in general
I've posted somewhere about my workflow in freecad, because they really don't give you a lot to go on when you install it, or they didn't when I started using it, but the gist is you want to use the Part Design workbench, and build up the part you want by making 2d profile sketches that you then extrude ("pad" in their terms) or revolve, etc. into a 3d shape. Then you can add giblets on or subtract voids from that first 3d object by creating more 2d sketches and using the various part design tools.
that can get you pretty far, it's like 99% of what I use, even though there's like 20 other workbenches in freeCAD