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Dresser Design II: Sketchup and Splinter
OK. So, I’ve had a few days to get back up to speed on Sketchup. Had to pick up a few new tricks to get the curves done, but I think I’ve got it on the run, now. I set aside the project for a trip to...
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Dresser Design III: Drawers
And here are the drawer faces. The full drawers aren’t modeled yet. I’m not quite sure how to do the joint from the curved drawer face to the drawer sides. So, I just added faces to see what the final...
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Dresser Design IV: Details
Just a few details added. I made the dresser 2″ deeper, which I think helped the proportions. This is going to be a big piece of furniture, though. I also figured out how to hide the extraneous...
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Dresser Design V: Variation on a theme
Since I am intentionally challenging myself with this project in an attempt to pick up as many skills as possible, I decided that I could also use the pre-construction phase to learn a bit about...
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Dresser Design VI: Dovetails
Modeling half-blind dovetails in a curved-front drawer is hard. Which makes it a bit daunting to do in real life. But I think that I’ve got a plan mapped out for that.
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Virtual Shop
So, I was exploring Sketchup’s 3D warehouse — a library of models that you can download for your personal use — and found a nice little collection of woodworking tools posted there. Though none of the...
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Ego & Impatience
There’s plenty of hyperbole about how “easy” Sketchup is to use. Just ask these guys. They do amazing things with the software, but I should recognize that these guys have graphics backgrounds, art...
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I found time to sit at the computer Saturday and watch some of the excellent on-line video tutorials for Sketchup. By 1:30p, I’d been at it a couple of hours, and I was getting a little bleary. My...
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TV stand progress
Construction of the TV stand has finally begun. (BTW, I had a friend give me some grief about my glacial rate of progress on this project. My response was that what I lack in speed, I make up for in...
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NEW ENGLAND WINTER 2015
A surprise, fast moving snow storm couldn’t put a damper this last weekend, January 9-11, in Massachusetts when the Woodworking Shows visited the Big E in West Springfield. Though the opening bell on...
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