Fine Woodworking

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Modeling a bandsawn leg in SketchUp

November 25, 2020

Dave Richards demonstrates how to model a complex part using some clever SketchUp plugins.
Demystifying construction details

November 18, 2020

Through the process of building 3D models, very fuzzy, obscure features in a piece of furniture are exposed, worked out, and visually displayed.
Kumiko: An exercise with components in SketchUp

October 22, 2020

Using the power of SketchUp's components, Dave Richards demonstrates how to resize elements of a kumiko panel to create new patterns.
Recreating a Childhood Memory

October 7, 2020

Tim Killen brings create plans from a friends decades-old sketches to help a friend build a part of his childhood.
Moorish design

September 30, 2020

Bob Miller looks to Andalusia for inspiration when designing a set of three tables.
Modeling an oval Shaker box in SketchUp

September 23, 2020

Dave Richards's model starts out with flat bands for the box and lid, so they could be used to create the patterns for cutting them in the shop.
Webinar: Uncommon Arts and Crafts with Jon Binzen

September 18, 2020

Replay Join deputy editor Jon Binzen for a fascinating look at less-familiar furniture of the Arts and Crafts era.
Basic SketchUp exercise – Designing a handy miter box

September 2, 2020

Tim Killen creates a beginner-friendly SketchUp model with only two components. Nevertheless, it is surprising how many basic SketchUp skills and tools are practiced in making this simple piece.
Poetic Reproduction

September 1, 2020

Every piece that Don Miller builds gives him an opportunity to experiment with woodworking history and traditional forms and techniques, and to make them his own.
Drawing on a tablet

August 31, 2020

It's not the same as pencil and paper—yet. But as Vic Tesolin says, sketching on a tablet is pretty fun and it saves the trees for woodworking

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