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Folding the Deck Chair

Folding the Deck Chair

Killenwood, member | May 15th, 20123 comments

An important consideration for the design of the Titanic Deck Chair is its ability to fold into a flat assembly for storage. I've prepared a video below that shows how I checked the folding in...

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The Back Rest on a Corner Chair

The Back Rest on a Corner Chair

Killenwood, member | May 7th, 2012

I built one of these corner chairs in 1982 - it would have been nice to have access to SketchUp at that time. Recently, I modeled the chair - it is based on a sketch by Wallace Nutting in his book...

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Printing Patterns for Templates

Printing Patterns for Templates

DaveRichards, member | May 1st, 201217 comments

Every so often I field questions about how to print full size patterns from SketchUp models. If the user is using the pro version, I suggest that the create a scene in SketchUp and send it to LayOut...

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Rearranging the Back Slats on the Deck Chair

Rearranging the Back Slats on the Deck Chair

Killenwood, member | April 30th, 2012

Handling curved back slats on a chair, bench, Adirondack, or settee can be a challenge in SketchUp. Getting them properly positioned, spaced, and angled between the lower rail and the crest rail can...

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Drawing a Joggling Board

Drawing a Joggling Board

DaveRichards, member | April 28th, 20124 comments

The other day I received an e-mail from a reader who is learning SketchUp. He was having some difficulty with a few details on the model of a joggling board he was trying to draw. He asked me how I...

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SketchUp Has a New Home

DaveRichards, member | April 26th, 20127 comments

This morning an announcement was made of SketchUp leaving Google and moving to Trimble. There's a blog post on the SketchUpDate blog here. It'll be interesting to see what new stuff comes out of...

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Designing for Young Woodworkers

Designing for Young Woodworkers

Killenwood, member | April 14th, 2012

Our woodworking group will have a special challenge this summer - working a wood project with a group of 7-10 year olds. We will not have much time, less than one hour. What can you teach and build...

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Personalize Projects for Clients

Personalize Projects for Clients

DaveRichards, member | April 7th, 20122 comments

When I am designing projects for clients I often try to find things I can add to the images that make the piece a little more personal to the client. A while back I designed this combination wash...

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Mac Tool Bars

Mac Tool Bars

DaveRichards, member | April 5th, 20121 comment

There was a question in the Comments section of my blog post announcing Google SketchUp Guide for Woodworkers -- The Basics about setting up the toolbars on Mac. Here's the answer. First, toolbars on...

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Leveraging the Power of Components

Leveraging the Power of Components

DaveRichards, member | March 25th, 20122 comments

The other day I was working on a little table that has legs that splay outward from the corners. I had the table nearly completed when I discovered I needed to add pegs to the the legs to retain the...

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Announcing Fine Woodworkings Google SketchUp Guide for Woodworkers--The Basics

Announcing Fine Woodworking's Google SketchUp Guide for Woodworkers--The Basics

DaveRichards, member | March 23rd, 201257 comments

First there was Tim Killen's ebook "SketchUp Guide For Woodworkers" and now there's Fine Woodworking's Google SketchUp Guide for Woodworkers -- The Basics the video. This DVD, running over an hour...

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Set-up for Cornice Cove Cut on Table Saw

Set-up for Cornice Cove Cut on Table Saw

Killenwood, member | March 18th, 20123 comments

Occasionally, I'm faced with creating a cove cut on a Cornice Molding. Sometimes, I will use a table saw to cut out the cove shape and waste. Although there are formula for determining the fence...

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Converting to an Arts & Crafts Dining Table

Converting to an Arts & Crafts Dining Table

Killenwood, member | March 5th, 2012

Inspired by a Sidney Barnsley piece, I designed and built an Arts & Crafts Fireplace (or Coffee) Table for a family with many young grandchildren. It provided space for sitting, eating, reading...

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A Turned, Octagonal Pedestal

A Turned, Octagonal Pedestal

DaveRichards, member | March 3rd, 20122 comments

The other day I got an e-mail from a reader asking about how I would make a turned octagonal pedestal for a round table. Here’s how I did it.  The pedestal could be made in one piece but I...

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Materials From a Photo

Materials From a Photo

DaveRichards, member | February 20th, 2012

One of our regular readers sent me a SketchUp file he had been working on. It looked like this when I got it. His question related to painting his model to match the photo. He had imported the image...

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Making a Full-size Template in Layout

Making a Full-size Template in Layout

Killenwood, member | February 19th, 20125 comments

You can print full-size templates in SketchUp - we've already covered that process in this blog. But it can be more advantageous to create full-size templates using Layout, the companion program to...

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Graduated Dovetails and Curves

Graduated Dovetails and Curves

DaveRichards, member | February 12th, 20123 comments

A friend and reader of the blog sent me an e-mail the other day asking me how I would go about drawing dovetails similar to the ones I've got here. The pins and spacing between them are graduated...

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A SketchUp Woodworking Exercise

A SketchUp Woodworking Exercise

Killenwood, member | February 5th, 20129 comments

Chapter Five of my eBook on SketchUp illustrates the steps in "building" a Workbench End. I used this example as an exercise in drawing precisely using guidelines and the keyboard for entry of length...

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Learning the Fundamentals

Learning the Fundamentals

DaveRichards, member | February 5th, 20128 comments

A group of friends are learning to use SketchUp. Each of them are at different points along the learning curve. They asked me to give them some sort of SketchUp homework to kind of force them to...

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An Elliptical Window

An Elliptical Window

Killenwood, member | January 28th, 20122 comments

I again attended the Colonial Williamsburg conference, Working Wood in the 18th Century. This year the theme was Furniture of George and Martha Washington, therefore presentations and demonstrations...

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