Machine Frame Lab

Dark industrial web app for comparing aluminum extrusion machine-frame recipes with beam FEA, modal estimates, rail stacks, and fill media.

Share It

The app builds to plain static files. It is configured for GitHub Pages from main /docs, so the friend link is:

https://sean-kenneth-doherty.github.io/machine-frame-lab/

If you need to refresh the hosted files manually:

npm run build:pages
git add docs
git commit -m "Update hosted build"
git push

For Netlify, Vercel, or Cloudflare Pages:

1. Run npm install && npm run build.
2. Upload the dist/ folder to Netlify Drop, Vercel, Cloudflare Pages, or GitHub Pages.
3. Open the hosted app and use Copy link to share the exact profile, rail, fill, and cutting-load setup.

For a quick same-network preview from Omarchy:

npm install
npm run dev

Then open http://192.168.1.72:5173 from another device on the same network.

Notes

Seed profiles approximate common McMaster-style T-slot framing dimensions. Replace them with verified McMaster drawing or CAD mass properties before making purchase or safety decisions.

Visual Sources

Profile picker artwork is adapted from Wikimedia Commons 8020-Fractional-Profiles-1.svg, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0. The app crops and recolors the 1.00" and 1.50" fractional profile drawings for compact UI selection icons; these are visual references, not McMaster-Carr drawings.