Design

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…
Video: Evolution of a Cabinet with Mike Pekovich

February 13, 2019

When I'm designing furniture, nothing appears out of whole cloth. Both of these cabinets resulted from the dozens of pieces that came before them. If I were drawing out the…
Designer’s Notebook: Draw, Draw, and Draw Some More

February 6, 2019

Mike Pekovich explains how he gets from that blip on a page to a finished piece of furniture
Make A Contemporary Swing-Arm Lamp

January 30, 2019

Christian Becksvoort's wall lamp swivels on a wooden bracket and can be made to hold different types of shades
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
The Illustrated Cutlist

November 29, 2018

Innovative approach turbocharges this staid staple fo the craft
Designer’s Notebook: The Passage of Time

November 29, 2018

Celebrating trees as natural timelines and storytellers is a thread in Jeremy Zietz’s work and is exemplified in this 300-Year Mantel
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…