Posts made by jbushong

I'm stuck on a problem of how to round some but not all edges in my model. I am trying to put a 1/2" radius on the edges of the base of my table. I want to round over only the top edges, but not the edges where the components join. I've tried using follow me with an arc, but whenever I get to a corner where the edge is already radiused, it tells me I can't radius over a curve. Since I can do it with a router bit, I should be able to do it in sketchup, no?

I've put a copy of the model in 3D Warehouse for reference:
http://sketchup.google.com/3dwarehouse/details?mid=60207cbaa89e9f4d47f010b8dfa9a4df&ct=mdsa

@hazza said:

That is a SU7 file, I only have SU6 so I can't comment. If you want a wider audience then upload it to the 3DWH, they will create the SU6 (and SU5) automagically. The just post the link to the 3DWH page, people will download the version they have.

ok, here's the link:

http://sketchup.google.com/3dwarehouse/search?viewer=17217691708646717827&scoring=m

Ooops. Went back to working on my drawing and found I had done a poor job of calculating my last change. The footprint of the trestle is 28 inches and the overhang with leaves is 27 inches. Here's the corrected version.

Dining Room Table.skp

Although I have done quite a few furniture building projects, I am "breaking new ground" in a number of ways on this project: 1st dining room table; 1st time to use SU as a design tool, and 1st time using loose tenon joinery.

Although I would appreciate comments on any of these, my main question is on the design itself. Based on my research so far, I have left 16 inches of knee room at the ends, which seems fine until I insert the two 12 inch leaves. This gives me an 84 inch table with a 34 inch footprint for the trestle assembly, about 25 inches on each end, which looks in the drawing like it would be likely to tip toward the end if anyone leaned on it. Granted, the table and trestle assembly are pretty heavy, since I plan to use maple, but would appreciate any thoughts.

I would also appreciate any comments on the use of loose tenon joinery. I've had the urge to use it based on a video I saw on chair making. Seems like if it's strong enuf for a chair, it would also be strong enuf for a table.

Finally, as to the drawing itself, it isn't finished (no tenons in the mortises, e.g.) and I plan to do some rounding off of sharp corners, but I think it is getting close to being what I want. Comments and improvements are welcome.

Dining Room Table.skp

I am working on my first SU model, a dining room table. I made the components separately and then put them together. It is now looking ok, but the dimensions are slightly off from what I intended. For example, the outside ends of the pedestal bases are supposed to be 40" apart. Tape measure says ~39 15/16ths. Something must be out of alignment, but I can't figure out how to identify the problem. Any hints would be appreciated. I'm attaching the file.

Dining Room Table.skp