Learn SketchUp

Have you ever wanted to learn SketchUp, the best tutorial on the net is from one of our own members Chiefwoodworker, His site can be found at Swamp Road Woodworks and click on the tab SketchUp. His site is one of my favorites on the entire web! It is full of resources for woodworkers, I am a huge fan of Joe's work and his site.

John Morris
The Patriot Woodworker

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Site AdminPermalink Reply by John Moody on December 21, 2011 at 2:39pm

His tutorials on SketchUp are very good. I wish I was better at it, but I just haven't had the time to really sit down with it and work through a project. It is a very powerful tool.

John Moody
John Moody Woodworks
http://www.johnmoodywoodworks.com

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Site AdminPermalink Reply by John Morris on December 22, 2011 at 4:04am

I have played with it a little John, I designed a nice end table with a drawer and shelf with SketchUp, the really neat thing about it is the Cutlist function. Hit the button and a cutlist is generated off your drawing. As long as you include every piece into your drawing, even the glue blocks and drawer slides, it gives it to ya.

John Moody said:

His tutorials on SketchUp are very good. I wish I was better at it, but I just haven't had the time to really sit down with it and work through a project. It is a very powerful tool.

John Moody
John Moody Woodworks
http://www.johnmoodywoodworks.com

John Morris
The Patriot Woodworker

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Site AdminPermalink Reply by John Moody on December 22, 2011 at 6:12am

Wow I wasn't aware of that John. That is pretty neat. I keep thinking I am going to spend some time with it and learn how, but I just can't find the time to sit down with the program and work through it.

I have used it to lay out patterns for the cutting boards but that is about it for me right now.

John Moody
John Moody Woodworks
http://www.johnmoodywoodworks.com