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Bending a Continuous Bow

Bending a Continuous Bow

Killenwood, member | May 16th, 20092 comments

While struggling to steam bend fresh ash lumber in the shop, I'm also striving for better and easier methods of bending on the computer in SketchUp. For "real" bends, I'm learning to appreciate key...

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Create Shop Drawings

Create Shop Drawings

Killenwood, member | April 30th, 200910 comments

Now that you've got your piece of furniture modeled in SketchUp, how do you extract/ show information and drawings needed in the shop? For this you need to know about SketchUp "Scenes" which allow...

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Using the Intersect Feature

Using the Intersect Feature

Killenwood, member | April 23rd, 20093 comments

In SketchUp you can interact different model shapes and find their "intersections". The feature is called "Intersect" and comes in handy for furniture design. A popular example of its use, is the...

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Breadboard Joinery for the Table Top

Breadboard Joinery for the Table Top

Killenwood, member | April 16th, 20093 comments

I'll show my SketchUp procedure for making detail connections of a breadboard to a table top. This design, while using tenon pegs,  allows for seasonal movement of wood which is a main...

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Making a Bevel-edged Drawer Bottom

Making a Bevel-edged Drawer Bottom

Killenwood, member | April 9th, 20092 comments

Both Dave Richards and I have recommended modeling components in the context of the assembled piece of furniture. This saves time and reduces errors by drawing a new component where it fits among...

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More on Mirroring with Flip Along

More on Mirroring with Flip Along

Killenwood, member | April 2nd, 20092 comments

Last week I showed how to mirror table legs using the Flip Along feature of SketchUp. As pointed out in comments to the post, there are conditions which will affect the results of Flip Along. In my...

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Align View - a Little Known, but Handy Function

"Align View" - a Little Known, but Handy Function

Killenwood, member | January 22nd, 2009

I don't use it that often, but when I do the "Align View" function is very helpful. It comes in handy when I'm making a full-size template of a component's details. In the case of the 18th C Childs...

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An 18th C Childs Cradle - Handling Difficult Shapes and Angles

An 18th C Child's Cradle - Handling Difficult Shapes and Angles

Killenwood, member | January 17th, 20091 comment

Last week I attended the Colonial Williamsburg Conference, "Working Wood in the 18th Century. Covering the subject - Bedroom Furniture -  I found this conference very educational and valuable...

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Making a Window Sash or Breakfront Cabinet Door

Making a Window Sash or Breakfront Cabinet Door

Killenwood, member | January 1st, 20098 comments

Classic window sash and breakfront glass doors with molded muntins are challenging woodworking projects. However,  I find that working through the detail design in SketchUp clears up any...

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Continuing on Ladder Back - The Centerline Framework

Continuing on Ladder Back - The Centerline Framework

Killenwood, member | December 10th, 20084 comments

About two weeks ago, I showed the beginning steps involved in making the SketchUp model of a Ladder Back Chair - mainly the creation of the Back Posts. In this post, I will continue the modeling...

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Organizing, Bundling, and Printing Full-size Templates

Organizing, Bundling, and Printing Full-size Templates

Killenwood, member | November 26th, 200810 comments

I've emphasized often, the benefits in the shop of having full-size templates as an output from the SketchUp model. Until now, I've created these templates one-by-one, printing as jpgs or pdfs on a...

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Making a Tapered Bend

Making a Tapered Bend

Killenwood, member | November 19th, 20082 comments

Following my last post, I felt somewhat uncomfortable about taking a short-cut with the Back Post. Rather than executing a bowed bend for the upper section of the Back Post, I simply rotated the...

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Starting a Ladder Back Chair

Starting a Ladder Back Chair

Killenwood, member | November 16th, 20082 comments

Here is the method I use to start the SketchUp modeling of an 18th C Ladder Back Armchair.

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More on Ladder Back Chair Back Slats

More on Ladder Back Chair Back Slats

Killenwood, member | November 11th, 20087 comments

Recently I have been modeling an 18th C. Ladder Back Arm Chair (Connecticut, Circa 1740). Here is a picture of the modeling status so far. Again I faced the creation of Back Slats - four...

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