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The Power of Nested Components – Music Stand
April 3, 2016

This is an 18th C. Music Stand that was made in Williamsburg, VA in about 1760. This was one of the furniture pieces being re-constructed and shown in this year's…
Bending an Apron on a Demilune Table
March 29, 2016

Recently, for my morning Sketchup practice, I drew this little gate-leg demilune games table which sports padfoot legs, a folding top, and this unusual apron with these bits that hang…
Designing Multiple Adirondack Chairs
March 20, 2016

How to use SketchUp to plan efficient lumber use.
Drawing an Armrest with a Volute
March 12, 2016

How to render a classic armrest in SketchUp.
A Design Process for a Street Library Box
March 4, 2016

There are numerous methods of design, as each woodworker develops a unique and successful way of creating a project. Many woodworkers start with rough hand sketching that proceeds to detail...
Creating and Applying New Materials
February 28, 2016

I'm frequently asked how I get the wood grain materials I use in my SketchUp models. I describe the process I use here in Design. Click. Build. some years back…
A Fluted Column – Music Stand
February 20, 2016

I mentioned in my last blog that the fluting of the tapered column was a challenge, and I went through several scenarios before finding a method that works. Not that…
Trimming Raked and Splayed Legs
February 13, 2016

Back in June of last year I wrote a blog post about a handy extension called Rake and Splay. It makes it easy to correctly layout and draw table legs…
A Period Music Stand – Williamsburg
February 9, 2016

Again this year, I attended the annual Working Wood in the 18th C conference. One of the pieces demonstrated this year, was a Williamsburg Music Stand 1750-1765. Bill Pavlak was…
A Look at the Axes
January 24, 2016

A couple of weeks ago I had an e-mail from a long time reader of the blog regarding the axes in SketchUp. And then, just last week the topic came…

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