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…

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…

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

Correctly modeling angled legs in SketchUp requires the right technique

Tim Killen builds a beautiful serpentine chest, on screen, then in the shop

If you've been using SketchUp to create detailed furniture models including joinery such as dovetails, mortises, and dadoes, you probably know that adding those details can be some of the…

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…

Every couple of years the SketchUp folks host a conference they call 3D Basecamp. It's five days of workshops, presentations, and other sessions geared around using SketchUp and LayOut in…

All nine videos of Tim Killen's SketchUp series, following a piece from start to finish

Recently I was involved in a discussion with some other SketchUp users regarding a method for drawing stopped flutes for table legs and columns. I thought I'd  hunt up a…