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A Door to Match My Kitchen Cabinets
November 7, 2011

A few weeks ago on this blog, I presented my Kitchen Cabinet for an engineer. I did not include the paneled door, so this entry will fill that void. I…
Cleaning-up After an Intersection
October 29, 2011

After executing an Intersection command in SketchUp, there are occasions when the results are not so good. You can have missing edges, holes, and lost faces. Often this is caused…
Making a Cope and Stick Joint in SketchUp
October 19, 2011

Making a cope and stick joint in the shop is easy with a matched set of router bits and a router table. But it can be more challenging in SketchUp.…
Exchanging Components
October 16, 2011

In my previous blog post I wrote about locating the insertion point of components to make it easier to place them. Doing that makes it possible to just drag and…
Drawing Precisely
October 9, 2011

In Chapter 12 of my book, I show the modeling for a Shaker Step Stool. A reader sent me a note with an attached SketchUp file showing the step stool…
Component Insertion
October 7, 2011

In my previous blog post I wrote about setting the insertion point for components to make them easy to place in models. A couple of readers let me know that…
Make It Go Faster
September 24, 2011

The other day I was involved in a discussion about how to speed up the drawing work. The point was that no matter how much time was spent creating…
Dovetails in a Shaker Blanket Chest
September 8, 2011

In Chapter Eight of my eBook I show a method of creating the dovetail joints in the carcase of a Shaker Blanket Chest. In my reproduction, this New Lebanon piece…
Making Exploded Views
September 4, 2011

Exploded views are a common way to show details in a drawing of a project. They are an excellent way to show how the parts relate to each other. One…
Kitchen Cabinets – The Engineer’s Way
August 28, 2011

Have you searched for "Kitchen Cabinets" in Google Warehouse? I was amazed at the thousands of entries in all types and sizes. I recently spent several hours sifting through a…

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