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A New SketchUp Forum
August 25, 2014

The SketchUp team have started up a new forum for SketchUp and LayOut users. You can find it here. So in addition to the Design. Click. Build. blog and the…
Latticework on a Chinese Cabinet Door
August 23, 2014

Drawing multiple openings for things such as divided light windows and doors, face frame grids or the latticework on the doors of this antique Chinese cabinet can be a very…
A Coffin – An Exercise in Angles 2
August 21, 2014

Last time I introduced the Coffin and its complex angles. I showed the early design process of the model, and developed the bottom shape, the Foot End and the Side.…
Mortises in Round Legs–Trim and Keep
August 11, 2014

Generally, when I create SketchUp models of furniture, I like to get the bulk of the modeling completed and then go back and add joinery. As I've demonstrated in many…
A Coffin – An Exercise in Angles
August 5, 2014

This simple looking box, can turn out to be a challenge in SketchUp and in the shop. The angles create the difficulty, particularly in corner joinery - in this case…
Substitute a Texture for Geometry
July 28, 2014

Sometimes the models I draw have repeated details that can be very tedious to draw. Unless I need to show that detail up close, I will consider using a texture…
A Shaker Oval Box – Remaining Parts, Stage 3
July 23, 2014

This video shows the completion of parts to a Shaker Oval Box #5. Stage 1 and 2 videos showed the creation of the Box and Top Bands. There are several…
A Transition from Leg to Stretcher
July 13, 2014

While perusing some of the used furniture sites, I came across a mahogany coffee table designed by Edmund Spance and manufactured in Mexico in 1953. I modeled this coffee table…
A Shaker Oval Box – The Cover Band, Stage 2
July 2, 2014

This is Stage 2 of a series on the Shaker Oval Box Size No. 5. My last post showed the development of the finger shapes, the two bands, the elliptical…
Pommels and Other Square to Round Transitions
June 27, 2014

The transitions between round and square sections are a common feature on things such as table legs and columns. Drawing them correctly in SketchUp can be a bit of a…

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