How to Create an Irregular Mortise & Tenon in SketchUp
A student wrote and asked me this paraphrased question: “Can you give me some suggestions for drawing these irregular tenons into the legs? If the mortises were rectangular I would...
Why Woodworkers Should Use SketchUp
So what is SketchUp and why should woodworkers use it? Simply put, SketchUp is a 3D sketching, modeling, rendering and design documentation tool. However, SketchUp is much more powerful than...
Creating SketchUp Models from Pictures
The ideal way to create SketchUp models of furniture from pictures is to take front-on and end-on views with a digital camera. Also take overall measurements. Then the .jpg images can...
More Cutlist Making Tips in SketchUp for Woodworkers
In my previous post about cutlist making tips in SketchUp for woodworkers, I discussed my CutList Bridge 3 extension and strategies to help you organize your models. That post went into...
Cutlist-Making Tips in SketchUp for Woodworkers
Cut lists are dull subjects and always seem to be an afterthought; they shouldn’t be. The time to consider cut lists and material lists is before you begin to model...
SketchUp for Woodworkers: Creating Compound Miter Joints
If you are like me – compound miter joints always make me a little nervous – your blood pressure rises a little when you have to draw or cut a...
An Intro to New Features of SketchUp 2015 for Woodworkers
This video contains several excerpts from a 1-hour, detailed video about the new features of SketchUp Make 2015 being created by Joe Zeh. That video will be for sale at...
Modeling the Core Box Router Bit in SketchUpThe Details Version
A student emailed me and asked: “How do I model the cut a core box router bit makes in SketchUp?” At first glance you might think the answer is the...
Modeling the Core Box Router Bit in SketchUp
A student emailed me and asked: “How do I model the cut a core box router bit makes in SketchUp?” At first glance you might think the answer is the...
SketchUp Help – 10 FAQs
I have been teaching SketchUp for over seven years, both live and online. Students new to SketchUp struggle with a set of problems that are very similar in nature and...
SketchUp for Woodworkers – Here’s Why
This topic has appeared once or twice on woodworking blogs. So why list the benefits of SketchUp for woodworkers again? Here’s why: There are still too many woodworkers out there...
A Shaker Stool For The WorkshopPart 5
In Part 4 we cut three more holes in the seat and copied three more legs into position, even though it was only temporary. We created two rungs, each different...
