Master SketchUp from your first model to advanced curved furniture design with this complete 3-course woodworking bundle from Dave Richards—covering beginner fundamentals, professional furniture modeling, and advanced curved project techniques.

SketchUp For Beginners

This beginner-centric video series, spanning nearly two hours, offers a detailed guide to getting started on the right foot with SketchUp. Designed for beginners and focused on woodworking, the series breaks down essential aspects of SketchUp into seven concise episodes.

This video series equips viewers with the knowledge and confidence to utilize SketchUp effectively, making it an indispensable tool for woodworkers.

Episodes:

• Learning the SketchUp interface
• Setting up your preferences
• Creating a template for woodworking
• Organizing the SketchUp workspace
• Installing and managing SketchUp extensions
• Project: A simple cabinet
• SketchUp tips and tricks for beginners
  
  

SketchUp For Furniture Design

SketchUp is a versatile drawing program used to create 3D models of a project, allowing you to figure out proportions, dimensions, and joinery layout with great accuracy. If you’ve been using SketchUp, here’s your chance to take a deeper dive into it. This online course—taught by renowned SketchUp expert Dave Richards—will guide students in how to use SketchUp’s powerful tools for designing and modeling furniture projects in 3D. Dave’s in-depth lessons, useful tips, and smart program shortcuts will make your work in SketchUp more efficient, which ultimately will make your time in the shop more efficient.

SketchUp takes the guesswork out of woodworking by helping you create accurate plans that avoid errors while you build. This intensive course will help improve your SketchUp skills, giving you more advanced tools to design and build better furniture projects with efficiency.

Nail down project details before you turn on your shop lights.

The Basics
- Controls and navigation
- Drawing essential shapes
- Style settings, tags, and layers
Modeling Parts
- Cabinet components
- Doors
- Drawers
- Table legs
Joinery Layout
- Dovetails
- Mortise and tenons
- Rabbets
The Next Level
- Modeling and customizing hardware
- Creating cutlists and shop drawings
- Building custom proposals

Advanced SketchUp: Working with Curves

Take your SketchUp skills to the next level through two iconic woodworking projects, with Dave Richards as your guide. Starting with a Shaker candlestand, you'll progress to the elegant challenges of a tilt-top tea table — tackling turned posts, shaped legs, dovetail joinery, and an elegantly shaped top. As a bonus, Dave also shows how to model an optional pie-crust top, opening the door to some of the most decorative edge work in the furniture maker's repertoire. By the end of the course you won't just know how to model these specific pieces — you'll have a deep, transferable toolkit for handling curves and complex joinery in any woodworking project.

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