Online Woodworking Tutorial with SketchUp

Learn the basic and advance features of sketchup through a series of helpful online video tutorials. These tutorials mainly focus on how Sketchup can provide great benefits to woodworking. SketchUp is a commanding tool for visualize and plan your project prior to create the first bit of sawdust.

Core SketchUp Tutorials:

• Familiarize yourself with SketchUp
• Make your first component
• Navigate
• Model Info
• Entity Info
• Scenes
• Layers
• Components vs groups
• Inserting Images
• Add 3D Text
• 2d Orthographic CAD drawings from your completed project
• Switching units, imperial or metric

SketchUp Tool Tutorials:

• Principal Tool Set: Selection, Make Component, Paint Bucket, Eraser + Soften/Smooth
• Drawing Tool Set: Rectangle, Line, Circle, Arc, Polygon, Freehand
• Modification Tool Set: Move, Push Pull, Rotate, Follow Me, Scale, Offset
• Construction Tool Set: Tape Measure, Dimension, Protractor, Text or Leader

SketchUp Time Saving Tips:

• Object Snaps
• Never draw what you can copy
• Keyboard Shortcuts
• Use hidden lines to your advantage

WoodWorking Tutorials:

• Easy Molding With The Follow Me Tool
• Joinery: Miter, Half Lap, Rabbet, Dado, Box/Finger Joints, Regular + Half Blind Dovetails, Mortise and Tenon
• Making your own cutlist

SketchUp Design Videos:

The following videos cover the design process for a particular project in SketchUp. In my opinion, it is better to have to pause and rewind to repeat something than it is to have to skip ahead because of a slower pace. For that reason these tutorial videos are pretty fast paced so buckle up and lets go! Most of these projects are either going to be built or are already built.

• 2×4 Dining Chair
• 2×4 Porch Swing
• Bread Box With Plan
• Curtain Rod Shelf
• Easy Bookcase
• Mini Condiment Bench Holder
• Sofa Table
• Toilet Cabinet
• Woodchat Telephone Design Game Expiriment