Big piece with many small details
Within large structures come a number of very small details. Tim Killen identifies a few that demonstrate the ability of SketchUp to manage these intricate designs.
I just finished a very large piece, a Seymour Secretary Bookcase, circa 1800. Of course, I worked the design in SketchUp over several months, built up from photographs and text information in the book by Robert D. Mussey Jr., “The Furniture Masterworks of John & Thomas Seymour”. The piece is actually five separate structures – a Lower Case, an Outer Tambour Box, an Inner Tambour Box, a Bookcase, and a Pediment. These structures are shown below.
Within these large structures are a number of very small details. I’ll identify just a few of these below that demonstrate the ability of SketchUp to manage these intricate designs.
The very small bell flowers on the lower leg:
Several Bookcase Details:
Some Small Parts in the Pediment:
The Gothic Arches in the Inner Tambour Box:
The Pilasters in the Outer Tambour Box:
The Key Escutcheon for the Drawers with Carving Gauge sizes:
The Capture Screw for the Tambour Lock:
Then there is the Glass Painting Full-size Template:
Here is a link to a video on how I used that template to paint the Bookcase Door Glass:
Tim
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Comments
Fantastic piece, Tim. Really shows how incredibly useful SketchUp can be.
Very cool. Looking forward to watching the YouTube videos this weekend. Curious about how you attach the top to the bottom. I live in earthquake country and am contemplating a china cabinet and looking for what is best way to sturdily connect the two halves.
Joe, I am also in earthquake country. The Tambour section is captured within the Side Moldings on the Lower Case. Also there is a Register Block on the Tambour Section that protrudes into a socket in the top of the Lower Case. The Bookcase is fastened to the Tambour Section with wood screws. The Pediment is also fastened to the top of the Bookcase with screws.
It would be beneficial to have the Top of the piece strapped to the wall behind to prevent a toppling of the piece. Currently I have this against a stone wall that makes it difficult.
Tim
Hi Tim,
Thank you for your response. During Covid I joined the Diablo Valley Woodwokers. Realized you are part of it. Tonight you were a guest speaker and I asked a question if this piece had been published because I had recalled seeing it somewhere. It was here. Cool.
Sincerely,
Joe
Joe, glad you have joined DWW, and were able to attend the monthly meeting tonight.
Tim
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