Gidon
Thanks for that.
I'll post the 'central drawer runner' method at a later date and other bits and pieces that may be of interest to someone making drawers in wood.
Alan

Hi guys,
Eric
Good spot with the grain direction. The top and bottom grain direciton needs rotating 90 degrees.

Dave R
photo of the original attached.

and the jpg

Just a small box. I made one like this years ago where the outer carcase was made in English oak with the handes and feet in ebony.
The drawer bottoms were in cedar of Labanon a timber with a pleasant fragrance.

I made a second one again with the outer carase in English oak but the handles and feet painted in azure blue acrylic paint.
The drawer sides were English walnut that contrasted pleasantly with the oak.

The modelled box is one that I will make one day using some burr type of timber with something like ripple sycamore or quilted maple. In that case i would have to change the drawer construction to allow for the expected movement in the burr to a central drawer runner system a method I have not used to date but is common with some of the professional makers over here.Download Model

Modelhead
I'm goint to enjoy this thead. The cabinet is coming to life. I need to skill up in this area.
I can start to smell the chocolates!!
Alan

Hi Gidon,
I'm pretty new to Sketchup. Bought it last August so the box was
designed in 2d using Coreldraw. A very handy package for doing that type of stuff.
Alan.

Hi Gidon,
Lovely job. Is this mainly machine made or do you do a large amount of the work by hand. I enjoy both methods but purely as a hobby.
Thanks for posting
Alan.

Hi Charlie
Thanks for the comments. Its amazing the help so many people have received from this forum.

On the sketchup side of things from my experience I found that sketchup is an excellent tool to assist in the design process and very easy to learn from the excellent video tutorials.

I basically printed out the pdf document and worked from page to page, and if I got stuck, I posted on the old forum. This forum in my opinion is much better.

As a woodworker, I would often want to smooth the edges off, or on occasions ‘intersect with model’, or use the ‘follow me tool’. I found that sketchup did not like small measurements, so I made the model in actual size. In my case millimetres first, without any curves.

I would then grouped the model, then used the scale tool to increase the size by 100. At this scale the above tools worked. If I failed to scale them
they wouldn’t.

When I return form holiday I’ll check this thread and my pm’s if you have any questions. After all of the excellent help I have received on this site I would love to be able to help.

cheers

Alan.

http://www.hand-cut-dovetails.com

Charlie
welcome to this very friendly community. Nice to see a fellow woodworker, Really enjoyed you web site and the links.
With the help of Bruce (Modelhead) from this forum I managed to get my own web site up and running. (it is still a work in progress.

I’m away from the computer for a few days so will not be able to reply for bit.

cheers

Alan

http://www.hand-cut-dovetails.com

welcome to this very friendly forum
cheers
Alan

Hi Jean
Thanks for that
cheers
Alan

Welcome Bert
cheers
Alan

Welcome Maxx
cheers
Alan

welcome,
its a great place to visit.
cheers
Alan

Welcome Darcy
cheers
Alan

Jeff,
welcome
cheers
Alan

Hi Scott
welcome. This is a great place to learn.
cheers
Alan

Hi Dan
Love it.
What is the jolly green giant made from
Alan

Morning Titmas,
Welcome from a fellow woodworker.
cheers
Alan
http://www.hand-cut-dovetails.com

Hi Bert
Thnaks for that. The colour combinations sound great.
Enjoyed visiting your web page.
Alan