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Placing Back Rest Spindles on a Chair
June 15, 2014

I had an e-mail from a gentleman in Peru recently. He was trying to draw a chair something like these. He was trying to work out how to draw the…
A Shaker Oval Box – The Box Bend, Stage 1
June 9, 2014

The following video shows my process of creating the first stage of making a #5 Shaker Oval Box. I tried various Warehouse plug-ins for bending components. However, I was not…
SketchUp 2014 Maintenance Release 1
June 4, 2014

The folks on the SketchUp team have been hard at work and today released Maintenance Release 1 of SketchUp 2014. If you are using SketchUp 2014, it would be a…
The Guts of a Classic High-Boy
May 27, 2014

Here's the W&M highboy that I've been working for a few weeks. Some of my previous blog posts show various SketchUp procedures in modeling this piece. In this video I…
A Simple Way to Show Proposed Changes
May 25, 2014

Sometimes we need to show others proposed changes to an existing object. This might be the addition of cabinets in a kitchen or maybe an extension to the kitchen. We…
The Beading on the HIghboy
May 6, 2014

This is the lower section of a William & Mary Highboy. There are many details to work out on a complex piece like this one. For example, there is a…
Adirondack Chair — Placing the Back Slats
May 4, 2014

Of all the pieces of furniture woodworkers make, chairs are probably the most difficult to get our heads around. Most cabinet work involves making rectangular boxes with square corners. Chairs…
Creating the Rule Joint
April 26, 2014

I'm again faced with designing and making the rule joint for this Shaker table. The rule joint is the very functional, structural, and beautiful connection of the table leaves -…
3D Basecamp Recap and a Lesson Reinforced
April 20, 2014

Last weekend my family and I drove out to Vail, CO for SketchUp 3D Basecamp 2014. I look forward to these trips each time because it gives me a chance…
From Dovetails to Mortise & Tenon
April 13, 2014

This model was made by a friend, David Heim. I will be using his model to create a multi-page shop drawing for my students. David created the model from sketches by…

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