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The Tape Measure and Protractor Tools
September 7, 2013

Earlier this week I had an e-mail conversation with a friend and long time SketchUp user. We were talking about resizing his model or rather part of it. We started…
Making a Windsor Bowback Side Chair – Part 6
August 25, 2013

I've finished the seat and undercarriage, now the top part of the Windsor Chair is remaining work to do. That means steam bending a bow and turning some spindles. Unfortunately,…
SketchUp 2013– A New Maintenance Release
August 19, 2013

The SketchUp and LayOut teams have been hard at work and they've released another maintenance release for SketchUp 2013. If you are using it in either version, it would be…
CutList 4.1.7 Is Now Available
August 15, 2013

There's a new version of the CutList plugin for SketchUp. It appears to be mainly a packaging update to ensure compatibility with other extensions and to meet criteria for SketchUp's…
Adding a Crown to a Cabinet
August 11, 2013

Recently I drew the SketchUp model for the plan for Mario Rodriguez's Vanity Cabinet. Drawing the crown molding was an interesting excercise. I had few dimensions to work with and…
A Sheraton Desk – Making the tapered and fluted legs
August 9, 2013

This is a shift from the series on making a Windsor Bowback Side Chair. I'm currently in the shop doing an 18th Century Sheraton Desk, and want to show how…
Dovetails on a Sea Chest
July 28, 2013

The Push/Pull tool is one of the fundamental tools in SketchUp. It is probably the most commonly used tool for making your models 3D and for modifying them. The Push/Pull…
Making a Bowback Windsor Chair – Part 5
July 28, 2013

In the last episode, we completed the undercarriage of the chair with the legs and stretchers in place and connected to the seat. At this stage of design you could…
Working Efficiently — Shortcuts
July 21, 2013

Lately I've been thinking a great deal about working efficiently in SketchUp. As with your work in the shop, working efficiently in SketchUp can improve accuracy, reduce errors and the…
Making a Windsor Bowback Side Chair – Part 4
July 13, 2013

In the last session, I positioned the legs at their respective angles to the seat face. We used angles specified by the Fine Woodworking article and used the sight lines…

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