Sketchup Design Forum

I like the sound of that. I will download it shortly and begin the learning process. It would be nice to have some tips, things to look at, etc. to get started with.

Sometimes just looking at an item with the application is a big help, rather than starting from scratch.

Not that we want to copy any of your work Giz.

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

Watch all of the video tutorials in the help menu.

-- -John "Do I have to keep typing a smiley? Just assume it's a joke." www.flickr.com/photos/gizmodyne

just downloaded sketchup myself!

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

Here is a repost of the sketchup file for the Thorsen Table I generated. http://www.gizmodyne.com/lumberjocks/thorsen1.skp Have at it…

-- -John "Do I have to keep typing a smiley? Just assume it's a joke." www.flickr.com/photos/gizmodyne

Thanks for that .skp file… I have a bit of playing to still do before I can create anything useful… In fact I went back to photoshop to play with a picture of the board I might be using, and in the process I’ve seen enough to go back to square one with my table… (needed to choose between a few options, kinda hard without “seeing”... Almost wasted a good board!

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

phew that was close, Scott!

-- "Functional WoodArt" by Debbie, Canada (http://www.execulink.com/~yohan)

Great idea, Giz. I was thinking about such a topic the other day. Next thing you know, there will be a Lumberjocks library for all the great work we will create at Google…

-- Jeff, St. Paul, MN

Ok…since we are on the topic here are a few items. Tutorials that I’ve recently been posting on Fine Woodworking and the side table. Unfortunately I won’t get this built in time. If you take the side table apart you’ll see the joinery in the accompanying tutorial for mortice and tenons. Most of the tutorials are self explanatory. Some were in response to questions from other members.

As John mentioned make sure you view the Sketchup.com tutorials. Everything I do in these is explained there and much more. These are focused on woodworking though.

http://stoneaxe.tripod.com/Sketchup/boxjoint.wmv
http://stoneaxe.tripod.com/Sketchup/dovetails.wmv
http://stoneaxe.tripod.com/Sketchup/cabriolet.wmv
http://stoneaxe.tripod.com/Sketchup/chairleg-changing-dimensions.wmv
http://stoneaxe.tripod.com/Sketchup/components-n-groups.wmv
http://stoneaxe.tripod.com/Sketchup/cutting-openings.wmv
http://stoneaxe.tripod.com/Sketchup/mortice-and-tenon.wmv
http://stoneaxe.tripod.com/Sketchup/shakerknob.wmv
http://stoneaxe.tripod.com/Sketchup/side_table.skp

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

these are wonderful!

thank you so much for taking the time to create and share these.

-- "Functional WoodArt" by Debbie, Canada (http://www.execulink.com/~yohan)

Thank you, Bob! I’ve seen these over at Knots as well. Without your tutorials, it would have taken me weeks (probably more like months) to figure these things out.

Just downloading Sketchup. Is it worth buying the Pro version?

-- Derryck, Australia, www.passionforwoodwork.com

Given the price I would think you would want to hit some limitations before dropping any cash.

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