A model done while waiting on dinner to cook. A pulley on a hook. This is based on dimensions in another edition of the technical drawing books from Spain.

@sentur How about modeling it flat and then bending it withShape Bender?

Thank you. The "photo real textures" thing is a new feature in SU2025. That's how I created the shiny metal tubing and leather armrests here. The curated collection of materials (and other stuff) in the 3D Warehouse is available to anyone with a current subscription although the texture maps will only do anything in 2025. You might be able to download the texture maps with an older version of SketchUp and use them in an external renderer but I haven't checked that out yet.

You probably won't believe it but here's another little steam engine. This is a 2-cylinder engine driving a duplex water pump.

A twin cylinder steam powered donut delievery device? That would be cool.

In the meantime here's an idler sprocket for #40 roller chain.

For scale the flywheel is 166mm dia.

Cheek blocks for a small sailboat. Rendered in Vray.

@danna why is your MyComponents folder in the Downloads folder?

What's wrong with using the default location for components?

@jcarterKBdesign As you found, changing the length of the components is scaling operation. If you think about the miters as triangles, you're scaling the triangle along one leg which changes the angle of the hypotenuse. Simple geometry.

In the case of your mitered door frame you would need to split the rails and stiles into three separate components, a middle section with square ends and then a triangular component for the miter at each end. Then the setup for the DC would involve scaling the length of the center section and moving one of the end components. That will keep the 45° miter with length changes.

If you don't want to see the seam line between the three components, hide the end faces and their bounding edges to make the rail or stile look like a single object.

I did a quick example for one rail. I painted each component with a different shade of gray to show there are three separate ones.

And with the overall length changed.

This seems to come around every year or so and for a lot of people it seems to be a big problem but it doesn't need to be. This is how I do it.

1. Open the previous version and make a screen shot to show the toolbar layout.
2. Install the new version of SketchUp.If you are installing on Windows, make sure you log in to Windows with your normal user login. Then right click on the downloaded installed and choose Run as administrator.
3. Deal with your local collections of components, materials, styles and if you use them, classifications. I keep them in the directory SketchUp creates and by default looks for. On the PC that's User/AppData/Roaming/SketchUp... There is a similar folder on Mac under User/Library/Application Support. In both cases these directories are normally hidden but they can be made visible. I copy the folders from the previous version to the new one. Leave the Plugins folder alone. Don't copy it unless you enjoy chasing load errors.
   

Alternatively you can leave the components, materials, and styles where they are and change the file paths in Preferences>Files.

4. Download the Sketchucation Extension Store and install it using Install Extension in the Extension manager.
5. Open the tool, sign in to Sketchucation and click on the gear icon at the top.
   
6. Click on Bundles.
   
7. The extensions you've installed in the previous version of SketchUp using the tool will be listed. You can install the en masse by clicking on the Install Bundle button.
8. Install extensions from the Extension Warehouse by going to the EW from the Window menu. There used to be a method for batch installing extensions you installed with the EW previously. It's currently absent after a recent platform change for the Extension Warehouse but hopefully it will return soon. Install fresh copies of other extensions you might have from other sources.
9. With extensions installed, quit SketchUp and restart to make sure they all load.
10. Import the screen shot you made in step one as an image and zoom in on it. Use it as a guide to place the toolbars in the same relative locations.

As for keyboard shortcuts, they should take care of themselves. The new version looks for the shortcuts in the previous version and installs them automatically.

I know there are some things that seem like they could be easier. If people were AR about keep their extensions up to date and extensions didn't require updates due to changes in Ruby versions, most of them could be copied from the old version. Evidence has shown that most people aren't good about keeping their extensions up to date and from time to time, Ruby changes requiring updates to some extensions so it's best just to install fresh copies instead.

It would also be nice if there was a way to get toolbars set up automatically but alas, there isn't yet. No point agonizing over it. Just get it done.

Modeled to go with a steam engine.

That's normal behavior for the method you are using. Easier approach to get the correct result would be to add the corner radius before cutting the large arcs.

I made a couple of exploded views just for fun.

Until such time as someone figures out and writes an extension to do that you can do it natively. I imported your first two images as images into SketchUp. Then select a random color from the native Colors collection and added it to the model. Under the Edit tab I selected the eyedropper to sample a color, named it, and then clicked on the Create New Material button.

Rinse and repeat for the rest of the colors.

Decided to do a simple render in Vray,

@flywheel try using the 3D dxf exporter instead of the 2D exporter.

Not sure what took me so long but I finally modeled my grandfather's shop stool. The original is better than 65 years old. Brings back a lot of memories for me when I sit on it.

The original stool in its original paint.

The workbench is a Shaker-style bench I modeled for Fine Woodworking Magazine and the chairs are children's chairs designed by Dieter Gullert

I needed to replace guides for the locking bars on some windows in the house. The OEM parts haven't been available for years so it was SketchUp and my 3D printer to the rescue.

An original that is close to neededing replacement.

My SketchUp model. I couldn't see any practical reason for the curvy bits or the notch so I simplified it which also made it easier to print.

And the replacement installed.