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Drawing a Live Edge Slab
August 15, 2015

The other day a woodworker sent me a photograph of a live edge slab of walnut. He wanted to know if it could be drawn in SketchUp. Here's what I…
A “Kissing Gate” at Hadrian’s Wall
August 14, 2015

We just returned from a hiking trip along Hadrian's Wall in England at the border of Scotland. This is a stone wall built long ago during the reign of the…
Furniture Drawing Styles – Old vs. New
July 27, 2015

I'm continually interested in furniture drawing styles. I admire many of the older styles (pre-computer) for their beauty and efficiency. It's hard to imagine how they were able to get…
Drawing Roundovers on Intersecting Parts
July 26, 2015

This is a model based on a stool designed by Pierre Jeanneret and manufactured in the 1950's in both France and India. I came across a couple of photos of…
Turned Cylinder or Paper Towel Roll?
July 17, 2015

I rarely use Materials and Textures in my SketchUp files. While these are critical features for many SketchUp users, I'm not so motivated to make the hardware and wood look…
Using Follow Me–Some Setup Considerations
July 13, 2015

Follow Me is one of the most useful native tools in Sketchup for creating complex shapes. If the tools in SketchUp have analogues in the shop, Follow Me can be…
Angled Dovetails – Knife Tray – Third Phase
July 7, 2015

This is the third in a series on modeling this 18th C. Williamsburg Knife Tray. In this episode I show the making of the angled dovetails in the corners. As…
A Wooden Canteen
June 27, 2015

Recently I was contacted by a fellow who is into historical re-enactments. He was looking for a plan for a wooden canteen and wondered if I could draw one for…
Williamsburg Knife Tray – Phase 2
June 19, 2015

This is second in a series re-constructing the 18th Century Williamsburg Knife Tray. In the first episode, I showed the tracing over of a hand-drawn sketch. These traced-over shapes (faces)…
Raked and Splayed Legs
June 7, 2015

Stools commonly have legs that are splayed in both directions: raked and splayed. Drawing legs at these compound angles in SketchUp can be a bit challenging but there's a plugin…

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