Design

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…
How to Make a Wooden Pendant Pull

September 25, 2018

Philip Morley tackles the challenge of working with small parts by starting with long blanks that will each produce two pulls
Design Discussion: Evan Court’s Salmon Falls Chairs

September 7, 2018

Up-and-coming furniture maker breaks down his design process from beginning to end
Design: Is it a learnable skill?

July 26, 2018

Designing vs. building, the creative vs. the practical—there are two distinct aspects to building furniture, and simply because you have technical skill doesn’t mean you naturally have a talent for design
Composing: A Flexible Design Process

July 26, 2018

Keep options open from the initial idea to the finished piece
One Cabriole Leg, Three Different Feet

July 26, 2018

A step-by-step guide to creating three distinct period feet for the cabriole leg
Chippendale furniture for today’s designer

July 19, 2018

Celebrate this furniture designer's birthday by learning how his aesthetic choices nearly 300 years ago can improve your own designs today.
SketchUp: Modeling Table and Stool Legs with Rake and Splay

July 18, 2018

Correctly modeling angled legs in SketchUp requires the right technique
SketchUp to Shop: Serpentine Chest of Drawers

July 11, 2018

Tim Killen builds a beautiful serpentine chest, on screen, then in the shop
Effecting a Serpentine Shaped Drawer in SketchUp

June 6, 2018

I'm finishing an English 18th C. Serpentine Chest, circa 1750. The primary wood is Honduran Mahogany and secondary, Monterey Pine. Crotch mahogany veneer is used on the Drawer Fronts. Here…