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Creating a Pummel, the Square-to-Round Section in Turnings

Creating a Pummel, the Square-to-Round Section in Turnings

Killenwood, member | February 16th, 20108 comments

Often furniture with turned legs and stretchers have pummels or square sections of the turning. Both Dave and I have previously shown methods for handling this complexity. A reader recently asked to...

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Jeffersons Bookstand - Another Workflow Example

Jefferson's Bookstand - Another Workflow Example

DaveRichards, member | February 14th, 201011 comments

  There are a lot of ways to approach drawing a model in SketchUp. I think most users develop a work flow that works for them. Recently I've spoken with several woodworkers who have told me...

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Guide Lines, Guide Points, and Linear Guides

Guide Lines, Guide Points, and Linear Guides

Killenwood, member | February 10th, 20108 comments

SketchUp has a rich set of construction lines (temporary layout dotted lines) called Guides. I find these features extremely powerful in furniture design. Guides are created by the Tape Measure Tool...

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Clock Numbers, Again

Clock Numbers, Again

DaveRichards, member | February 3rd, 20103 comments

As Chuck Miller over at Fine HomeBuilding is wont to say, "There's a better way."   In SketchUp there's nearly always more than one way to do something and sometimes one way is better than the...

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Monticellos Universal Table

Monticello's Universal Table

Killenwood, member | January 31st, 20107 comments

In the recent Williamsburg Conference - Working Wood in the 18th Century - Mack Headley gave an interesting talk on various furniture examples from Monticello. One of the pieces he described and...

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Numbers on a Clock Face -- Preparing 3D Text for Use

Numbers on a Clock Face -- Preparing 3D Text for Use

DaveRichards, member | January 31st, 20104 comments

Recently I've been doodling out a mission style hall clock based on one shown in an old book titled "Mission Furniture: How To Make It. After hunting around for a suitable clock face image, I decided...

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Adding Materials to Your Model

Adding Materials to Your Model

DaveRichards, member | January 27th, 201017 comments

A few weeks ago I demonstrated my process for drawing a piece of furniture using this fern stand based on a drawing in a book called Mission furniture: How To Make It. Now I'd like to show you how I...

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Thomas Jeffersons Campeche Chair

Thomas Jefferson's Campeche Chair

Killenwood, member | January 22nd, 201022 comments

This past week I attended the "Working Wood in the 18th Century" conference in Williamsburg, VA, as I have done for the past five years. Each year the conference has a special theme, and this year it...

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Would You Like a Front, Side, and Top View?

Would You Like a Front, Side, and Top View?

Killenwood, member | January 11th, 20102 comments

It seems a paradox, while producing a complete detailed 3D model, there still is a benefit to having the old standby top, end, and front orthographic view. In the beginning with SketchUp, I abandoned...

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Modifying a Model

Modifying a Model

DaveRichards, member | January 8th, 20103 comments

  So after you've drawn up your model and shown it to your client, they come back and ask if you could change the dimensions. "Sure," you say, "I'll just start from scratch and make a new...

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Moldings By Follow Me

Moldings By Follow Me

DaveRichards, member | January 5th, 201013 comments

Recently there have been some questions regarding the use of Follow Me to add a molding around a cabinet. I did a quick little video demo that will hopefully clarify and perhaps even expand your...

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Components in SketchUp

"Components" in SketchUp

Killenwood, member | January 4th, 201014 comments

A reader recently sent a note saying:  I started learning Sketchup today for a bookcase I am going to   build.  I created the box of the bookcase, used the push/pull toolnbsp...

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Replicating a Maloof Design from Pictures

Replicating a Maloof Design from Pictures

Killenwood, member | December 27th, 20094 comments

Often I'm faced with replicating an existing piece of furniture, but without detailed information or access to the original piece. In fact, the only information available, may be a couple pictures...

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A Fern Stand: Demonstrating My Drawing Process

A Fern Stand: Demonstrating My Drawing Process

DaveRichards, member | December 27th, 200929 comments

There are a lot of ways to draw things in SketchUp. Some folks like to draw the parts for a project in...

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Shaping a High Arched Foot

Shaping a High Arched Foot

Killenwood, member | December 19th, 20091 comment

Last week I showed the procedure I used to make the breadboard on a Shaker Table. Using that same table, I will demonstrate a method for making and shaping the high-arched foot. The making of the...

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SketchUp and the Lathe

SketchUp and the Lathe

DaveRichards, member | December 13th, 20096 comments

One of our readers asked me about the possibility of using SketchUp to design turned vessels. Tim and I have both shown examples of turned legs for tables and other furniture but there's no reason...

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Building a Table Top Breadboard

Building a Table Top Breadboard

Killenwood, member | December 9th, 20097 comments

There are many designs for breadboards. In this case I've chosen one that uses a continuous tongue length and wood screws. Of course, the breadboard connection must accommodate top...

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Save Components For Future Use

Save Components For Future Use

DaveRichards, member | December 7th, 2009

After you've gone to the effort to draw things that you might use again such as molding profiles, hardware, frame and panel doors, save those components to make them easy to retrieve later. Here are...

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Drawing Curved Slats for a Chair

Drawing Curved Slats for a Chair

DaveRichards, member | November 24th, 20092 comments

A friend of mine asked me about drawing some curved back slats for a chair. The slats I was thinking about are something like you might see on a Maloof-inspired rocking chair. I thought this would...

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Personalizing Your SketchUp Settings

Killenwood, member | November 22nd, 20095 comments

I have been requested to update my blog entry Personalizing Your SketchUp Settings, dated November 2007, and still accessible in the archive. Since that date, there have been new versions of...

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