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  • SketchUp: Creating Cutaway Views

    February 20, 2019

    In my previous blog post I showed how to use section cuts to create views showing the interior of your project. Another classic way to illustrate the inner details is…

  • SketchUp: Reproducing a Reeded Bedpost

    February 6, 2019

    The ever prolific Tim Killen demonstrates how to create a 10-sided reeded leg SketchUp model

  • Sketchup: Making Section Cuts to Show Inner Details

    January 17, 2019

    Whether you are preparing working drawings from your SketchUp model or just want to see some inner details, the Section Cut is a powerful tool

  • SketchUp: Modeling A Queen Anne Back Slat

    December 7, 2018

    Tim Killen makes great use of SketchUp's intersect tool to model a complicated 3d piece

  • Dynamic Components in SketchUp

    November 22, 2018

    When components are dynamic, they can have a lot of power and automate a variety of properties

  • Determining Sight Lines in SketchUp

    November 8, 2018

    For a new project in the shop, I picked a Windsor Chair and a style I had not done before. Of course, this required SketchUp modeling based on a Rod-Back…

  • Bending a Component in SketchUp

    October 17, 2018

    This is the SketchUp model I drew when I created the plans for Michael Robbins's Contemporary Desk which is featured in the current issue of Fine Woodworking Magazine. In the…

  • Modeling a Croquet Set with Section Cuts

    September 5, 2018

    During our family summer vacation, we unexpectedly had the opportunity to play lawn croquet. This occurred at a beautiful French Chateau surrounded by flat green mown lawn - perfect for…

  • SketchUp Video: A Few Tricks

    August 22, 2018

    The latest issue of Fine Woodworking Magazine showed up in my mailbox the other day and during a bit of downtime, I took a few minutes to model Nancy Hiller's…

  • A Quick Shop Sign – SketchUp to Carving

    August 1, 2018

    Tim Killen decided to make a Shop Sign, one that could also serve as a company logo. With a combination of SketchUp, an image transfer process, carving tools, and lampblack & shellac, I developed a sign that will work

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