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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 [...]

This is a SketchUp model of the roorkhee chair from the October 2012 issue. View the SketchUp Model View All SketchUp Models Buy the October 2012 Issue Purchase SketchUp Learning Products from [...]

This is a SketchUp model of Gizmozilla from the October 2012 issue. View the SketchUp Model View All SketchUp Models Buy the October 2012 Issue Purchase SketchUp Learning Products from [...]

This is a SketchUp model of the cover project from the October 2012 issue View the SketchUp Model View All SketchUp Models Buy the October 2012 Issue Purchase SketchUp Learning Products from [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

This is a SketchUp model of a box featured in “4 Boxes, 4 Ways” from the August 2012 issue of Popular Woodworking Magazine. View the SketchUp Model. View all of the Woodworking [...]

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 SketchUp Model. View all of the Woodworking SketchUp [...]

This is a model of the I Can Do That coffee table from the August 2012 issue of Popular Woodworking Magazine. View the SketchUp Model. View all of the Woodworking SketchUp Models. Purchase the [...]

This is a model of the turned box made by Steve Shanesy for the article “Four Boxes, Four Ways” from the August 2012 issue of Popular Woodworking Magazine. View the SketchUp Model. [...]

This is a model of the Campaign style secretary built by Christopher Schwarz for the August 2012 issue of Popular Woodworking Magazine. View the SketchUp Model. View all of the Woodworking [...]