You may have heard a lot about a new series of CDs titled “SketchUp for Woodworkers” from Bob Lang, one of the editors of Popular Woodworking magazine. This series has nothing to do with my site. He apparently decided to “borrow” the name. I can’t vouch for the quality of these lessons, but word on the internet is that they’re very good. $60 good? You be the judge. ;)
This tutorial covers a question from a reader. He asked how to do a curved taper on a leg, but only on two sides. At the end of the video you see me erase a couple of lines. You have to hold SHIFT as you click. Shift+Erase just hides the line from your view, as opposed to a real erase which would break the side of the leg open (try it and see!).
Google just released Sketchup 7.1. There aren’t a ton of new features (although there is a new renderer which should help with large models) but there are several bug fixes which are always nice.
My first post in almost three months! Here’s another quickie tutorial on making a turned leg. If you’ve been following along with all the tutorials you already know tools and techniques to make a turned leg. It involves using them in a way you may not have thought of…
I’ve had a couple questions about raised panels recently, and while I haven’t had a chance to create a full-fledged tutorial on them, I put together a really quick (15 seconds!) video of me making a raised panel using the FollowMe tool. Check it out:
