Oh.. I see now. 
For cryin' out loud. 
That was just toooo easy.
I've been fooling with this for a couple days, and I could have done it in a couple of minutes....
Thanks so much for your help. I can't get over how well thought out this program is.
And if one doesn't have Sketchup Pro how would one do this the "easy way"?
I think I did it the hard way, by drawing triangle shapes between the curves... See attachment.
I've just learned the basics of Sketchup in the past few days. Watched all 28 videos and ran through the exercises... 
Now I need to make this leg.
http://screencast.com/t/rzIB4zn6HpBU
As you can see, I've approximated the curve I need for the outline of the curved taper, even though I don't remember quite how I got those curves drawn and in place. And I'm absolutely positive I didn't do it the most efficient way. 
I have downloaded the taper maker plugin, and got it working, but I can't figure out how to make it work for this form. When I use the taper maker plug in, the ending and beginning rectangles aren't in the right place, and neither is the taper...
Any tips on how to draw this up a little more efficiently?