It was suggested I post some of my work. I guess this is a good a place as any for the tell us about yourself thing.
Who are you?I’m Peanut
**What is your industry and profession?Concert Rigging
Where do you use SketchUp? Personally/professionally?Personally for the most part.
Why do you use SketchUp and what is your favorite thing about it?I use Sketchup because it’s a better tool than Vectorworks, AutoCAD, or Fusion for certain projects like woodworking. I like that it’s more simple, not everything needs 80 million features.
How proficient are you in SketchUp?** Beginner, intermediate, advanced? Advanced enough to draw weird things, beginner enough to not understand why I can’t build my own default texture library that shows up in the color browser.
What is your current set up? SKP2026, mostly used on an M4 Max Mac Studio. There’s an M3 Max MacBook and a formerly roided out desktop PC that see work on them as well.
So yeah, here’s some stuff!
- The “Dust Buster” as I named that cart, had the garbage can evicted and a dust separator installed. Never corrected the drawing, and this cart is not going to the new place. (Mounting this stuff to the wall!)
- I was given the grey bandsaw by my boss cause he never used it. Changed from a 1/2hp to a 2hp motor (because I added a 6” riser block) and needed a new base. This thing is terrifyingly strong now. I sent a piece of case hardened Persimmon through it and it laughed. My table saw smoked, lol. That’s good old unistrut for the rails, makes anything involving the motor super easy. Also yes, that’s bare MDF in a Florida garage. It’s not half as dainty as people think it is.
- Wide shot of the garage turned woodshop. Everything is on wheels, as I put the truck inside during hurricanes and long trips. So I had to tap into my work related Tetris skills to make sure everything could co-exist easily. The table in the back under the tv was designed by whimsy, but everything else went through SKP at some point. The two big rolling tables went through some design changes as I was taking the, “Good idea on paper” and applying it to the real world. I’m going to enjoy dismantling those things finally.
That clamp rack is a death trap. Please use the photo only as an example of what NOT to build. I’m surprised I haven’t needed stitches from clamps jumping off it. The two problems are that I had the feet too narrow. Space is an obvious issue in a garage, so I tried to keep the footprint small. Not the best idea. It also needs a bar to close the clamps into their cutouts. Yes, you can ram the clamp together, but let me tell you how NOT FUN it is when you ram a friction hold clamp into place with the screw backed all the way out. As it stands, spinning that thing is a wonderful way to distribute clamps to all corners of the garage.
Something else I like about SKP is it’s pretty clutch at helping you plan when moving. It’s nice to know that I need to lose these dollies here (the green house), instead of when I’m trying to get them out of a moving truck and up the backyard hill, lol. (To that grey shed that’s actually up a hill.) Vectorworks would be more ideal for the house itself, as that’s something it was originally made for, but I haven’t taken the time to learn that part of the software. And honestly this is really all I need for now. I’ll do a more accurate drawing when I move in and new furniture dims REALLY matter.
