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Sketchup Challenge Entry: Canadian Maple

Blog entry by MsDebbieP posted 812 days ago 818 reads 0 times favorited 27 comments Add to Favorites Watch

Here’s my version of a dining table.

My Goals
My goal was to develop Sketchup Skills to build something more than a rectangular box!
My plan was to put a Canadian twist on the end product.

My Inspiration
The inspiration for the dining table was my beautiful maple tree that is in my front yard. The size is magnificent; the colours are glorious.

challenge inspiration

The Table

The pedestal base of the table, with the four “feet”, represents the trunk and roots of the tree. I added the grooves in the base to represent the lines of the bark.

The table top has maple leaves designs in them (pyrography would be the strategy of choice for this).

I added a double decker “lazy susan” to give the piece a 3d – tree appearance and I’ve always wanted a table with a built-in lazy susan. So why not have two?

My Success
- it’s more than a rectangular box: success!
- I managed to draw something that kinda looks like a maple leaf: success!

-- ~ Debbie, Canada (http://www.execulink.com/~yohan)


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WayneC

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posted 812 days ago

Hmmmm. Looks like you might have to use the table saw to get this one built…. Lol

Great concept and design.

-- We must guard our enthusiasm as we would our life - James Krenov

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MsDebbieP

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posted 812 days ago

i’m just the designer.. someone else can use the table saw :)

-- ~ Debbie, Canada (http://www.execulink.com/~yohan)

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WayneC

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posted 812 days ago

Ah come on. A Gripper for each hand….

-- We must guard our enthusiasm as we would our life - James Krenov

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MsDebbieP

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posted 812 days ago

I’ll make sure Rick has his Grippers :)

-- ~ Debbie, Canada (http://www.execulink.com/~yohan)

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scottb

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posted 812 days ago

just need to cut a couple “cookies” from the maple, and sand them smooth… perfect table tops… but you’ll have to give up the “inspiration” for the real table.

-- I am always doing what I cannot do yet, in order to learn how to do it. - Pablo Picasso -- http://blanchardcreative.etsy.com -- http://snbcreative.wordpress.com/

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MsDebbieP

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posted 812 days ago

the inspiration is gradually saying its last farewells. We lost one main branch (the size of most trees) last year. .. It will be sad to see it finally come down (especially if it comes down on the neighbour’s fence again as well as her landscaped trees).

-- ~ Debbie, Canada (http://www.execulink.com/~yohan)

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DAN

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posted 812 days ago

Nice work Debbie ! Looks like you had fun making the sketch-up model … How did you get the ground and sky color in your rendering ?

-- work from your heart and your spirit will live forever

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Thos. Angle

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posted 812 days ago

Good ‘un, Deb.

-- Thos. Angle

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MsDebbieP

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posted 812 days ago

I have no idea Dan.. it just was there.

Thanks for the positive feedback :)

-- ~ Debbie, Canada (http://www.execulink.com/~yohan)

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shapeshifter

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posted 812 days ago

i love the idea of bringing new life to the old tree… it will live in your heart (and home) forever.

this project reminds me of the giving tree!

-- whoever invented the hole... knew nothing.

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MsDebbieP

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posted 812 days ago

when the first “branch” came down… we gave it to the neighbour. That was before LumberJocks.
Ha.. he won’t be getting the rest of the tree, I can tell you that!!!

I’m not sure what the diameter of the tree is .. but she’s a biggy and even if it has rot in the middle, the slabs are going to be beautiful.

-- ~ Debbie, Canada (http://www.execulink.com/~yohan)

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Bob Babcock

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posted 812 days ago

Very cool Deb. Great design and Sketchup work. The lazy Susan is brilliant…not only very functional but It definitely gives the impression of a tree. Awesome job.

Dan – the background is set in the styles dialogue box. You can adjust the look in a wide variety of ways. I rarely change it from the default however.

-- Bob, Carver Massachusetts, Sawdust Maker http://www.capecodbaychallenge.org

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Karson

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posted 812 days ago

Great Job Debbie. I like your design.

-- What happens in the workshop stays in the workshop. No wait that doesn't sound right. Karson Southern Delaware karson_morrison@bigfoot.com †

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MsDebbieP

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posted 812 days ago

thanks Bob / Karson.

-- ~ Debbie, Canada (http://www.execulink.com/~yohan)

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Don

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posted 812 days ago

I like it!

-- CanuckDon "I just love small wooden boxes!" http://www.hilsbiblechurch.org/

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Lee A. Jesberger

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posted 812 days ago

Cooool !

Nice job. I keep saying I’m going to learn that program, but there’s only 48 hours in a day. LOL

Lee

-- by Lee A. Jesberger http://www.prowoodworkingtips.com http://www.ezee-feed.com

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Jeff

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posted 811 days ago

Great work Debbie. I like round tables as they double as great tables for playing games. Reminds me of my grandparents and the hundreds of games of 42 that been played at their table. The lazy susan(s) is nice functional addition.

-- Jeff, St. Paul, MN

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MsDebbieP

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posted 811 days ago

42??

-- ~ Debbie, Canada (http://www.execulink.com/~yohan)

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Bob #2

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posted 811 days ago

Hi Deb:

That table looks great for serving Chinese!

Bob

-- A mind, like a home, is furnished by its owner

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Bill

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posted 811 days ago

Nice job Debbie! A great inspiration, and a fitting design to match.

How did you make the little maple leaves on the table top?

Another one of these tables that begs to be built.

-- Bill, Turlock California, http://www.brookswoodworks.com

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Dick, & Barb Cain

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posted 811 days ago

Very nice design Debbie!!
Some day I’m going to take some time for Sketchup.
We had a large Silver Maple in our small backyard. The only way I could have it removed was to hire someone with a 65 foot boom truck. He squeezed the truck into my driveway, & cut it one piece at a tme. It only cost me $750 “Uff Da”. The price of a nice bandsaw!!!

-- -** You are never to old to set another goal or to dream a new dream ****************** Dick, & Barb Cain, Hibbing, MN. http://www.woodcarvingillustrated.com/gallery/member.php?uid=3627&protype=1

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MsDebbieP

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posted 811 days ago

the maple leaves?? Yikes.. hardest part of the process … I just used the “pencil” to draw the lines and then I pushed/pulled them to make it look like a leaf.

-- ~ Debbie, Canada (http://www.execulink.com/~yohan)

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Jeff

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posted 811 days ago

42 = a game played with dominoes. sorry about that.

-- Jeff, St. Paul, MN

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David

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posted 811 days ago

Too much talent north of the border! Nice tabel and Sketch-Up work. I also like the photo of the maple tree – beautiful!

-- http://foldingrule.blogspot.com

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MsDebbieP

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posted 810 days ago

thanks David :)

42 – I’ll have to check that game out.

-- ~ Debbie, Canada (http://www.execulink.com/~yohan)

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Roger Strautman

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posted 810 days ago

You did very well with this challenge Debbie! You might have found your niche. You design and Rick makes them. LOL!

-- " All Things At First Appear Difficult"

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MsDebbieP

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posted 810 days ago

that’s kinda how it works :) I make a great foreman as well haha

-- ~ Debbie, Canada (http://www.execulink.com/~yohan)

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