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Printing to Scale

Printing to Scale

Killenwood, member | February 21st, 20103 comments

A reader asked me to show how to print a scaled drawing of components in SketchUp on a paper size of 8 1/2 x 11. Except for full-size templates, I must admit not printing scaled drawings. For shop...

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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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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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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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Adding the Stretching Rails to the Breakfast Table

Adding the Stretching Rails to the Breakfast Table

Killenwood, member | October 19th, 2009

There is a nicely shaped stretching rail connecting the lower part of the legs in the Thomas Elfe breakfast table. One complication in making this stretching assembly is the fact that the table is...

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Making the Wooden Hinged Table Leaf Support

Making the Wooden Hinged Table Leaf Support

Killenwood, member | October 11th, 20094 comments

So far in this series on the Breakfast Table, we've done the rule joint, legs, and pierced carved skirt. In this post, I will show how to make the wooden hinge for the leaf support. The final wooden...

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Create a Carved, Pierced Table Apron

Create a Carved, Pierced Table Apron

Killenwood, member | October 4th, 2009

Continuing my series on the Thomas Elfe Breakfast Table, this post covers the creation of the fancy carved and pierced apron. I don't even try to model actual carved surfaces, rather "brand" the...

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Creating the Legs for the Breakfast Table

Creating the Legs for the Breakfast Table

Killenwood, member | September 27th, 2009

As mentioned before, I will do a series on the Thomas Elfe Breakfast Table including the legs, pierced skirts, stretching rails, and wooden hinged leaf supports. I'll be doing this series in a...

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Challenging Features in Thomas Elfe Breakfast Table

Challenging Features in Thomas Elfe Breakfast Table

Killenwood, member | September 21st, 20091 comment

In my last entry I showed the making of a rule joint using one of Thomas Elfe's famous breakfast tables. The table has so many more interesting features that I decided to run a series of entries on...

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A Rule Joint on a Thomas Elfe Table

A Rule Joint on a Thomas Elfe Table

Killenwood, member | September 14th, 2009

I started out thinking a tutorial on making a rule joint would be quite straightforward. My mistake was underestimating what it would take to do on a fancy Thomas Elfe Breakfast Table. I'm interested...

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Another Look at Creating Plans From a SketchUp Model

Another Look at Creating Plans From a SketchUp Model

DaveRichards, member | June 6th, 200913 comments

I just finished up a new set of plans and thought it would be nice to use it as another example of how I create plans from a SketchUp model. This plan is my interpretation of L. Francis...

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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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A Pad-Foot Leg in SketchUp

A Pad-Foot Leg in SketchUp

DaveRichards, member | February 24th, 20098 comments

Turning a complex table leg in SketchUp

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Federal or Hepplewhite Legs with Inlay

Federal or Hepplewhite Legs with Inlay

Killenwood, member | January 30th, 2009

As mentioned in my last post, I attended the recent Williamsburg Conference on "Working Wood in the 18th Century". One of the show pieces was a Federal Dressing Table presented by Steve Latta. He...

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