Good luck with the plans, Jeff. A couple of bits of advice for you: Make sure that you don't create modified scenes when adjusting viewports. That is, you never want to see a scene listed in the SketchUp Model window in LO showing modified. Remember that you can crop the view in the viewport to limit what is shown. For example, the halves of the head and footboard for the bed in the first image are cropped in LO. The scenes in SU show the entire assembly. You can use the same scene for multiple viewports. This will allow you to reduce the number of scenes you create. For example if you want to show a closeup detail of the mortises on the top of a table leg, you can use the same scene that shows the entire leg. Just change the scale for the detail view. No need to make a scene for each of them.

Thanks Dave. I've been playing with the clock on the table. Decided I like the black clock better than the ivory colored one so I changed the top on the table. I've also been playing with a KT version but I'm not totally happy with it yet. [image: M4lg_CocktailTablewclock2.png]

Thank you sir.

Great job Dave. Really like your sketchy style.

I'm not sure what I'd do with a crosscut sled. Cut plywood sheets to size, I suppose. Or cut long pieces to length. In truth, my shop isn't large enough to handle that big sled. My tablesaw is a 60-year-old Delta that today would be called a contractor's saw. It belonged to my father in law. By today's standards, it's undersized and underpowered and has no real dust-collection. The blade guard disappeared decades ago. Oh, and it uses an 8-in. blade, not a 10-in. It gets the job done for me, but I do lust after something more modern.

Beutifull work David, the proportions are highly resolved ..........perfect

Dave , Doug. Thanks gents.

Thanks for the feedback guys

Dave R, Checked the link... that's one cool sideboard jtrl, Thanks. Have no clue how originals were made. Worked off a small photo I found on the net. Photo gave the credit to Wormley.

Thank you both. I'm ready for the game--and the commercials. Best, dh

Thanks David. The back piece was the only thing to give me a little trouble. Got the basic shape drawn flat and bent the curve with shape bender. Ran into trouble trying to use RoundCorner on the bent shape. Couldn't get it to work on the bent shape without destroying the geometry no matter how large I scaled it up. Ended up backtracking and running RoundCorner on the flat piece and then bending with ShapeBender.

jtri, thanks and good luck with your endeavors with Layout.

@davidheim1 said: You could call it a credenzette. I like it ! Thanks David

I use nested components for hardware and things which will be the same in different doors. I might also use it for the glass and muntins. Some of these simple shapes I scale when adjusting for new size doors... I used to use a lot of nested components. You'll still want them when it makes working (editing) on parts easier, like hiding the frame to work on the slab etc. If you are using cutting components, you might want to make a nested component of the whole unit except the edges that do the cutting. I used to nest a lot but I find that, the way I work, the various parts just get in the way of quick adjustments. I make a window for a project with all the trim and style, and keep creating other sizes and windows from that as the model develops or window selections change. Sometimes a component can be changed in all the windows at once if there's a design change (certainly with something like hardware), but there are so many different sizes and arrangements that trying to do this (maintain a nested component that works in all units) is more difficult than simply applying the update to each window type. I tend to keep the geometry more accessible in a couple nested components. I use Fredo scale a lot to make new window or door sizes. A nice thing with the tool is that it can work on multiple components, but it renames nested components, making them unique--when sometimes they are not-- and occasionally has trouble scaling them correctly. So, using this tool, I find the nested components are not so useful.

That's nice. I like the idea of just pulling out the whole thing to have a look and to place by your work. I have various drawer and the tiny single drawer setups. Never quite happy with them and usually take the drawers all the way out anyway to look inside.

It sounds to me as if you are working way too hard to create the dovetail joint in the first place but as to the issue of Push/Pull not seeming to clear the sockets, how about upload the SKP file so we can see what you have?

Oh, those Brits! I had a hunch you were duplicating the grain orientation on the original. Still, nice job. Best, dh

Thanks Mr Dave.

Thanks for the reply Dave. Yeah, I played around a bit but it's more trouble than it's worth.

His work ranged from amazing carvings to a custom piano and everything in between. I was very lucky to have meet him and tour his studio in 1978. He had a Queen Anne chair with a hat an coat draped on it, all carved out of mahogany that was the most amazing carving I have ever seen. Every time I see a Queen Anne chair I think of his carving. I recommend people check out his work, you will not be disappointed, Wendell Castle was an amazing artist. Thanks Dave for letting us know.