My idea here was to make a desk that can be disassembled and assembled on site, kind of like a field desk. The Top, Aprons, and Big legs are removed. The Big Legs are hinged to fold down for transport. If you filled all the drawers full, though, it would be heavy. So, rollers with breaks in place of the Small Legs would be an option.
This model is about the steps to make a tapered leg with lamb’s tongue. I think it was @DaveR who wrote in one of his responses that it is better to start with everything square. I have drawn tapered legs and lambs tongues before in an inefficient way. These steps are a better way.
Mortising Router Jig #1.skp (119.5 KB)
The reference for this model is an article in Fine Woodworking Magazine by Jeff Miller,
“Add Bushings to Your Router Kit,” Sep-Oct 2017, issue #263.
Two different drawer fronts that look identical. The false drawer front method is much
easier to make than the traditional drawer front. Reference is Fine Woodworking Magazine, Sep-Oct 2017, Issue # 263 by Christian Becksvoort.
Cabinet with Tambour Doors #1.skp (285.4 KB)
Based on “Tage Frid Teaches Woodworking, Book 3” page 212, this is a simpler model than Tage’s to practice modeling tambour doors. Cabinet with Tambour Doors #2.skp (289.8 KB)
Edit: Skp #2 has a change to the “Slats” scene showing the handle mortise. I had to
copy the bottom slat and rotate it 180 degrees to show the mortise for the handle.
I practiced some techniques that were in @DaveR 's Fine Woodworking video. I do not have access to extensions, and I could not use the technique Dave used to move the leg off axis. One of the screen shots shows how I moved it off access using a rectangle that I rotated on the blue axis 45 degrees. So, this is not an exact duplicate.
I didn’t use the Move tool to rotate the leg into place. I used the Rotate tool. Select the leg, get the Rotate tool, click on the guideline and while holding the mouse button, drag the cursor along the guideline. Then release and do the rotation.
This side chest was based on an article in Fine Woodworking, Issue # 311, August 2024 by Christian Becksvoort. There are only slight changes. I put a half-round profile on the top. Modeling it helped me figure out the sliding dovetail and housing grooves for the shelves and webframe.
Cushion #1.skp (37.0 KB)
This foam cushion was given to my wife after lower abdominal surgery to hold onto for support. It had no instructions. After two months we figured out that the slits were for a seat belt, or at least a seat belt fits there.
After reading another thread about angled finger joints, I had to try angled dovetail joints. Somehow I believe this is easier to model in Sketch-Up than to make.
Tool Tote #1.skp (115.9 KB)
The reference for this model is “Handmade Gifts” by Christian Becksvoort in Fine Woodworking magazine, Issue # 264, December 2017. Instead of using it to carry flatware, I would use it to carry carving tools and another for chisels.
Here is a cinder block compost bin on a concrete footing with a braced cover. I did not model a membraned cover for the slats, but that could be stapled to the slats.
I had an old image on paper of this model, and I don’t remeber where it originated. I could not see all these parts in the image and had to guess how it goes together. I think this would work.
