Copyright (c) 2012 CraftStylish.com en-us Fine Woodworking - "Design. Click. Build" blog entries http://www.finewoodworking.com/blog/design-click-build Wed, 08 Feb 2012 09:50:20 -0500 Fine Woodworking - "Design. Click. Build" blog entries http://www.finewoodworking.com/assets/images/cs_logo_sm.jpg http://www.finewoodworking.com/blog/design-click-build Sun, 05 Feb 2012 15:36:57 -0500 http://www.finewoodworking.com/item/44797/a-sketchup-woodworking-exercise http://www.finewoodworking.com/item/44797/a-sketchup-woodworking-exercise Posted by Killenwood
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... ]]> http://www.finewoodworking.com/item/44797/a-sketchup-woodworking-exercise Sun, 05 Feb 2012 13:21:58 -0500 http://www.finewoodworking.com/item/44789/learning-the-fundamentals http://www.finewoodworking.com/item/44789/learning-the-fundamentals Posted by DaveRichards
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... ]]> http://www.finewoodworking.com/item/44789/learning-the-fundamentals Sat, 28 Jan 2012 15:28:15 -0500 http://www.finewoodworking.com/item/44600/an-elliptical-window http://www.finewoodworking.com/item/44600/an-elliptical-window Posted by Killenwood
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... ]]> http://www.finewoodworking.com/item/44600/an-elliptical-window Thu, 26 Jan 2012 09:50:20 -0500 http://www.finewoodworking.com/item/44511/warming-up http://www.finewoodworking.com/item/44511/warming-up Posted by DaveRichards
Back in FWW#196 Gary Rogowski wrote an article advocating some morning warm-up exercises as a way to start his day in the shop. He likes to cut a quick dovetail joint in a couple of scraps. It's not... ]]> http://www.finewoodworking.com/item/44511/warming-up Sat, 21 Jan 2012 17:52:24 -0500 http://www.finewoodworking.com/item/44376/mitering-moldings http://www.finewoodworking.com/item/44376/mitering-moldings Posted by DaveRichards
A friend of mine in the UK is working on a SketchUp drawing of a tall clock. this morning he sent me his file asking for some direction as far as mitering a molding made of several separate pieces... ]]> http://www.finewoodworking.com/item/44376/mitering-moldings Sun, 15 Jan 2012 17:52:54 -0500 http://www.finewoodworking.com/item/44205/open-the-door http://www.finewoodworking.com/item/44205/open-the-door Posted by Killenwood
Sometimes it's good to show the inside of the cabinet. A viewer may want to know the number of shelves,  or what it looks like inside. So often I'm preparing a separate scene with a view inside... ]]> http://www.finewoodworking.com/item/44205/open-the-door Sun, 08 Jan 2012 21:33:30 -0500 http://www.finewoodworking.com/item/44060/opposing-arches http://www.finewoodworking.com/item/44060/opposing-arches Posted by DaveRichards
Our reader, noman1, asked about drawing a pair of opposing arches. The video shows one way to draw them. The method is slightly more involved than it might be but it isn't at all difficult. These... ]]> http://www.finewoodworking.com/item/44060/opposing-arches Thu, 29 Dec 2011 14:37:45 -0500 http://www.finewoodworking.com/item/43748/troubleshooting-a-model http://www.finewoodworking.com/item/43748/troubleshooting-a-model Posted by Killenwood
Almost everyday I receive a SketchUp model from somewhere in the world. It is usually an attachment to an email describing a problem performing an action described in one of the many steps outlined... ]]> http://www.finewoodworking.com/item/43748/troubleshooting-a-model Sun, 18 Dec 2011 19:24:06 -0500 http://www.finewoodworking.com/item/43444/a-leg-with-curves http://www.finewoodworking.com/item/43444/a-leg-with-curves Posted by DaveRichards
A reader asked me to describe how to make legs of the sort shown on this table. Here's one way to do it.       ]]> http://www.finewoodworking.com/item/43444/a-leg-with-curves Fri, 16 Dec 2011 13:20:27 -0500 http://www.finewoodworking.com/item/43397/happy-holidays http://www.finewoodworking.com/item/43397/happy-holidays Posted by DaveRichards
To all of our readers, here's wishing you a happy holiday season. Thanks for your help. ]]> http://www.finewoodworking.com/item/43397/happy-holidays Mon, 12 Dec 2011 18:04:27 -0500 http://www.finewoodworking.com/item/43314/tips-on-dimensions http://www.finewoodworking.com/item/43314/tips-on-dimensions Posted by Killenwood
Making effective dimensioned drawings is an art. It's not so easy to figure out what dimensions are needed and how they should be displayed. I'm always impressed by drawings done by John Kassay in... ]]> http://www.finewoodworking.com/item/43314/tips-on-dimensions Fri, 02 Dec 2011 08:32:53 -0500 http://www.finewoodworking.com/item/43076/sketchup-8-m2-released http://www.finewoodworking.com/item/43076/sketchup-8-m2-released DaveRichards
Yesterday Google released the second maintenance release of SketchUp 8. There are more than 150 bug fixes and other under-the-hood tweaks. For those who have difficulty installing plugins from ZIP... ]]> http://www.finewoodworking.com/item/43076/sketchup-8-m2-released Sat, 26 Nov 2011 17:24:28 -0500 http://www.finewoodworking.com/item/42899/chamfering-the-exposed-tenon-end http://www.finewoodworking.com/item/42899/chamfering-the-exposed-tenon-end Posted by Killenwood
Some furniture styles (especially Arts & Crafts)  like to show through tenons - not only are they "through" but often protruding slightly. Then they are chamfered around the outer... ]]> http://www.finewoodworking.com/item/42899/chamfering-the-exposed-tenon-end Mon, 14 Nov 2011 16:51:47 -0500 http://www.finewoodworking.com/item/42618/recognizing-a-reader http://www.finewoodworking.com/item/42618/recognizing-a-reader Killenwood
One week ago I received a surprising and satisfying email titled "I've Finished Your Book!!" I must admit that this was a first. I receive many emails regarding my book, but none have claimed... ]]> http://www.finewoodworking.com/item/42618/recognizing-a-reader Sat, 12 Nov 2011 17:56:58 -0500 http://www.finewoodworking.com/item/42564/using-match-photo http://www.finewoodworking.com/item/42564/using-match-photo Posted by DaveRichards
There's a feature in SketchUp called Match Photo which allows the user to import a photograph and use it as a reference for drawing. It was originally intended to make it easy to draw buildings but... ]]> http://www.finewoodworking.com/item/42564/using-match-photo Sun, 06 Nov 2011 20:02:05 -0500 http://www.finewoodworking.com/item/42324/a-door-to-match-my-kitchen-cabinets http://www.finewoodworking.com/item/42324/a-door-to-match-my-kitchen-cabinets Posted by Killenwood
A few weeks ago on this blog, I presented my Kitchen Cabinet for an engineer. I did not include the paneled door, so this entry will fill that void. I chose to use a Shaker style cabinet door with a... ]]> http://www.finewoodworking.com/item/42324/a-door-to-match-my-kitchen-cabinets Fri, 28 Oct 2011 21:59:30 -0500 http://www.finewoodworking.com/item/42183/cleaning-up-after-an-intersection http://www.finewoodworking.com/item/42183/cleaning-up-after-an-intersection Posted by Killenwood
After executing an Intersection command in SketchUp, there  are occasions when the results are not so good. You can have missing edges, holes, and lost faces. Often this is caused by SketchUps... ]]> http://www.finewoodworking.com/item/42183/cleaning-up-after-an-intersection Wed, 19 Oct 2011 17:34:13 -0500 http://www.finewoodworking.com/item/41928/making-a-cope-and-stick-joint-in-sketchup http://www.finewoodworking.com/item/41928/making-a-cope-and-stick-joint-in-sketchup Posted by Killenwood
Making a cope and stick joint in the shop is easy with a matched set of router bits and a router table. But it can be more challenging in SketchUp. The vertical stile is easy enough with the... ]]> http://www.finewoodworking.com/item/41928/making-a-cope-and-stick-joint-in-sketchup Sun, 16 Oct 2011 11:37:00 -0500 http://www.finewoodworking.com/item/41850/exchanging-components http://www.finewoodworking.com/item/41850/exchanging-components Posted by DaveRichards
In my previous blog post I wrote about locating the insertion point of components to make it easier to place them. Doing that makes it possible to just drag and drop them into other models. They wind... ]]> http://www.finewoodworking.com/item/41850/exchanging-components Sun, 09 Oct 2011 15:09:18 -0500 http://www.finewoodworking.com/item/41700/drawing-precisely http://www.finewoodworking.com/item/41700/drawing-precisely Posted by Killenwood
In Chapter 12 of my book, I show the modeling for a Shaker Step Stool. A reader sent me a note with an attached SketchUp file showing the step stool at Step 8, page 82. At this stage of the drawing... ]]> http://www.finewoodworking.com/item/41700/drawing-precisely