Popular Woodworking Magazine » Google Sketchup http://www.popularwoodworking.com Woodworking advice, woodworking plans, woodworking projects and woodworking blogs Thu, 23 May 2013 03:02:55 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 New Workbench Buildhttp://www.popularwoodworking.com/woodworking-blogs/editors-blog/new-workbench-build http://www.popularwoodworking.com/woodworking-blogs/editors-blog/new-workbench-build#comments Fri, 22 Feb 2013 12:52:25 +0000 Glen D. Huey http://www.popularwoodworking.com/?p=259967
New Workbench Build

In 2006, as I began my first round at Popular Woodworking Magazine (PWM), I was told I had to build a workbench. Even with then editor Christopher Schwarz chest deep in workbench publications, it wasn’t a mandate as much as it was a necessity. In the PWM shop, there was no usable bench empty and … Read more »

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]]> http://www.popularwoodworking.com/woodworking-blogs/editors-blog/new-workbench-build/feed 26 SketchUp Advantage: 3D Cutlists for Woodworking Projectshttp://www.popularwoodworking.com/woodworking-blogs/editors-blog/sketchup-advantage-3d-cutlists http://www.popularwoodworking.com/woodworking-blogs/editors-blog/sketchup-advantage-3d-cutlists#comments Wed, 16 Jan 2013 19:59:14 +0000 Robert W. Lang http://www.popularwoodworking.com/?p=257172
SketchUp Advantage: 3D Cutlists for Woodworking Projects

Traditional approaches in woodworking are generally reliable and efficient. If you know something has worked well for other woodworkers for a few hundreds years, you can likely assume that adopting it will be a good way to accomplish what you want to do. But the traditional approach isn’t always the best method forever, and when … Read more »

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Live SketchUp Classes & Learning Resources

SketchUp, the free 3D modeling software is one of my favorite woodworking tools. It doesn’t cut joints or finish projects, but it helps me make sure the joints I cut are in the right places, and the experience building a project on the computer screen first makes valuable shop time more efficient and error free. … Read more »

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Use a Photo to Make a SketchUp Model

With SketchUp, you can use a photo of a piece of furniture to make a model of the piece. From that model you can develop your plans for building a reproduction. Here’s an example using the Shaker Stepback Cupboard made by Glen D. Huey for our April 2010 issue. I swiped the image off the … Read more »

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What Makes a Good SketchUp Model? Components

How productive would you be in the shop if you tried to build furniture from blocks of Silly Putty coated with Crazy Glue? Imagine the mess if one board stuck to another automatically and both parts stretched and distorted if you tried to move one. This is exactly what happens if you try to make … Read more »

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Popular Woodworking Magazine 3D Warehouse SketchUp Models Collection

It has been a while since we’ve mentioned it here on the editor’s blog,  but with the publication of each new issue of Popular Woodworking Magazine, we make SketchUp models of the projects featured in the articles available online, for free. On August 27, 2008, I uploaded the first model which was the 21st Century … Read more »

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]]> http://www.popularwoodworking.com/woodworking-blogs/editors-blog/more-free-sketchup-models-added-to-our-collection/feed 1 Stickley No. 74 Book Rack SketchUp Model from August 2012 issue Popular Woodworking Magazinehttp://www.popularwoodworking.com/sketchup-for-woodworking-models/stickley-no-74-book-rack-from-august-2012-issue-popular-woodworking-magazine http://www.popularwoodworking.com/sketchup-for-woodworking-models/stickley-no-74-book-rack-from-august-2012-issue-popular-woodworking-magazine#comments Tue, 05 Jun 2012 15:04:40 +0000 Robert W. Lang http://www.popularwoodworking.com/?p=202151 This is a model of a reproduction of a Gustav Stickley No. 74 Book Rack from the August 2012 issue of Popular Woodworking Magazine. View the Google SketchUp Model. View all of the Woodworking SketchUp Models. Purchase the August 2012 issue of Popular Woodworking. Purchase Sketchup products from Shop Woodworking.

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]]> http://www.popularwoodworking.com/sketchup-for-woodworking-models/stickley-no-74-book-rack-from-august-2012-issue-popular-woodworking-magazine/feed 0 I Can Do That Coffee Table SketchUp Model from August 2012 issue Popular Woodworking Magazinehttp://www.popularwoodworking.com/sketchup-for-woodworking-models/i-can-do-that-coffee-table-from-august-2012-issue-popular-woodworking-magazine http://www.popularwoodworking.com/sketchup-for-woodworking-models/i-can-do-that-coffee-table-from-august-2012-issue-popular-woodworking-magazine#comments Tue, 05 Jun 2012 14:42:52 +0000 Robert W. Lang http://www.popularwoodworking.com/?p=202041 This is a model of the I Can Do That coffee table from the August 2012 issue of Popular Woodworking Magazine. View the Google SketchUp Model. View all of the Woodworking SketchUp Models. Purchase the August 2012 issue of Popular Woodworking. Purchase Sketchup products from Shop Woodworking.

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