Creating Joints - Sketchup for Woodworkers Tutorial 2

[@oldjackyoung]

Finally, a guy that's knowledgeable and easy to understand! Awesome!

[@rhwoodshop]

I tried to make it easy to understand as best as I could.

[@Papaden3815]

I'm from Quebec City.I speak french and a little bit english but I understand well what you explained. You are a very good teacher. Thank's

[@rhwoodshop]

+Papaden3815 greetings from the US and I am very glad that my teaching adaptation works adequately for you. If I was able to speak all the languages and teach it, I would. Thank You!!!

[@darrendudman7606]

Great video mate, I'm on the 2nd and sussed the basics already, planned a wardrobe that I'd normally sketch out by hand ✋ many thanks from the UK.

[@phillipramsay2419]

Dude!! you make this look so easy!!! You are the best!!

[@rhwoodshop]

Thank You!!! So glad you liked it.

[@rogervankuylenburg1484]

Hi, I have just started learning and as most people say, your teaching is the best. I mostly Appreciate the repeat confirmation of shortcuts and menu bar alternatives. Thanks for such an easy way to learn a complicated program.

[@deniseclemens7603]

You are a GREAT instructor!

[@moderntouchfurniture]

This is one of the best Woodworking/Sketchup courses I've watched, thank you Drew! Looking forward to the next one.

[@Sebastopolmark]

Yet another GREAT tutorial. You keep the pace just right AND repeat the commands as you work through the project. Lastly, unlike so many tutorials, you are using the same project throughout the series so WE can follow YOU and "most of time" be on the same command. Keep these babies coming! !! !!!

[@rhwoodshop]

Sebastopolmark I have thought that would be a good detail to do is build on a project so we know how it all comes together in the end. I’m glad you’re liking it

[@josephansah3565]

very detailed tutorial .. you just got a new subscriber

[@rhwoodshop]

Awesome, very glad to hear it and welcome to the channel

[@donaldcurtis5097]

Excellent videos! You are an awesome teacher. Thank you!

[@rhwoodshop]

Thanks a bunch. I am about slowing it down so it is easy to follow along and learn at a reasonable pace. Glad to hear it works well for you.

[@donfillenworth1721]

Very helpful series. Thanks for sharing!

[@FrankC76]

You're a natural teacher. These videos have been extremely helpful. I can finally visualize my projects in Sketchup, or at least start to.

[@rhwoodshop]

I am so glad and I hope my other videos have been just as helpful

[@ltwoodproducts3265]

Very interesting, great that these lessons apply directly to woodworking.

[@rhwoodshop]

+LT Woodproducts that was my whole approach because I know that there are people out there that have wanted something directed at their trade and this one is mine

[@pocketbass]

Drew, thanks for these videos. There’s a lot of Sketch Up videos but few that are Mac based. This is a huge help.

[@rhwoodshop]

I’m glad I could help. There’s not a whole heck of a lot of difference between Mac and windows but there are subtle ones

[@kennethhagar309]

Drew, your woodworking skills and teaching skills dovetail nicely together. Looking forward to your next lesson.

[@rhwoodshop]

I’m glad to hear that I am teaching well enough for people to follow. It is an experience teaching

[@kennethhagar309]

@@rhwoodshop Your lesson #3 is even better. You are as good a teacher as you are a woodworker. Much appreciated. Thank you

[@jtmin1]

I have worked through and watched other KZbin tutorials on SketchUp, but this has been the most helpful of all of them. Easy to follow along with and duplicate. Thanks and keep the lessons coming.

[@rhwoodshop]

Thanks so much for the comment James. I am glad to hear that I am doing something right

[@daverowe5351]

Drew - this is awesome - straight to the point - I follow along and am learning a lot - thanks for the time you spent on this

[@DIYMontreal]

Thanks for the series Drew. I'm familiar with the basics of Sketchup but I picked up a few nice tricks from you that will really come in handy. Looking forward to seeing how to convert this into a cut list!

[@rhwoodshop]

Thank you so much, lesson three will be the layout and cut list lesson.

[@joelprestonsmith]

Great video. I like your SketchUp tutorials better than any I've seen. One thing that would help beginners, in using SU for any craft project, would be showing how to produce the text and lines that illustrate dimensions, so that the image can be printed out as a construction plan. I do screenshots sometimes and print from those, otherwise the dimensions would have to be remembered when we head into the shop.

[@joelprestonsmith]

I just watched your Lesson 3, which covers how to print out dimensions. Thank you.

[@Adrenaleen11]

These lessons are awesome. Thanks Drew.

[@rhwoodshop]

You are so very welcome and I am glad you are getting some use from it

[@johnellison5241]

I've used Sketchup for years and learned many things that will make my next drawing much easier and efficient. Some concepts I had never managed to grasp were clear when you demonstrated them. Thanks so much!

[@rhwoodshop]

That’s awesome John even sometimes the simplest of lessons can teach you things you didn’t know. I hope I get to be as good as you

[@MoscaWoodworking]

I'm enjoying this series a lot. I'm going to save the playlist for sure

[@rhwoodshop]

Great! Thank You!!!

[@BearCreekWoodworking]

Very useful video Drew. Flipping things in SketchUp has always been confusing to me. Your explanation helps a lot. Thanks!

[@rhwoodshop]

Glad to hear it Carl. When it was explained to me when I first started learning, there was no explanation. You just flip until you got it right. I didn’t like that explanation so I figured it out

[@befmx31]

Hey Drew, I know this is a little old but ....very good lesson. Thanks, I love these.

[@rhwoodshop]

Glad to hear it. They are going to be a good resource for anyone wanting to learn. I learn new stuff too as I go sometimes.

[@NicholasGomez]

Thanks a ton for sharing these videos. Great refresher and just what I needed to get back into woodworking and making planned projects.

[@rhwoodshop]

Nicholas Gomez So glad they are helping you.

[@wadetomczyk8043]

Just found this great instructions subscribed

[@rhwoodshop]

Thanks wade. Glad you liked it.

[@TwoSierraEcho]

THANK YOU! Tape Measure is the "BOOM". I've been single clicking starting a measurement and typing in zero enter for years. You can ALWAYS learn something. Keep the videos up. :D

[@rhwoodshop]

Well I’m glad I could give you another tip to help you out

[@tomlacamp2276]

Great walk thru. I have learned a lot! Thank you Rock-n H!

[@rhwoodshop]

You are quite welcome.

[@ljgault]

Thank you for making sketch up much clearer. Another amazing tutorial. Can't wait until next week.

[@rhwoodshop]

Thank you so much Larry and I’m so glad you are enjoying it

[@junaidulhassan7962]

Superb lectures and techniques.... thank drew. keep it up....

[@rhwoodshop]

That’s awesome. Thank you for taking the time to comment. I appreciate it.

[@SavageSP]

Awesome Tutorial, I struggled with other tutorials and got frustrated. Your instruction gave me that "ahh-ha moment" where I thought....ok, I can do this ! Thanks Drew.

[@gvlive]

me too.

[@rhwoodshop]

Awesome.guys. Thank you so much

[@lockpicknewbie5159]

Another awesome video Drew! I just love the deliberate methods you use to make your points in the product design and use of Sketch Up. I had given up using Sketch up but now that I see the practical use, I'm back, all in. Keep up the great work.

[@rhwoodshop]

Thank you so much. I’m glad I could help inspire you to give it another try

[@allancannamore2774]

Most excellent instructing. Thank you very much!

[@rhwoodshop]

You are quite welcome!

[@creatiw]

Great teaching skills! Thanks for your videos.

[@rhwoodshop]

Thank You!!! I try very hard to make these very understandable. I’ve seen way too many instructional videos that just don’t break it down enough

[@mikeuk1954]

Great 2nd lesson. Thanks Drew. 👍

[@rhwoodshop]

Mike Biggs thank you Mike I’m glad you enjoyed it

[@jayfrancis9567]

good lessons, you have the nack for explaining things in layman's terms. Thank You

[@lucfunicelli3009]

keep up the good work. Very helpfull and very comprehensible. Keep them coming

[@rhwoodshop]

So glad you liked it. Lesson three is now up

[@BookofIsaiah]

Drew, thank you SOOOOO much for doing this tutorial!!! I've struggled with this aspect of SketchUp and your video has been an AMAZING help to me!!! Thank you!!

[@rhwoodshop]

BookofIsaiah (Matt B) what an awesome comment, thank you very much for that. I am glad that they are helping you a great deal

[@robertherzog2087]

I agree. This is the best SketchUp tutorial I have found.

[@rjtumble]

So awesome, this is a great series.

[@rhwoodshop]

Thank You!!! So glad to hear it

[@varant7670]

Awesome Video !!

[@jjcaiv]

Thanks so much. This is what I’ve been looking for!

[@thegreek2]

Another great lesson. Thanks again

[@rhwoodshop]

Great to hear and I am glad you’re enjoying them

[@mfwoodshop]

Good tips, I like the move the dado one. I would have redrawn it. Your way much better. I do have a suggestion when you push pull multiple items the same distance. Push pul one, the just double click the rest.

[@rhwoodshop]

Thanks Mike I forgot about that particular function. I’ve got to remember that on my next video.

[@adamntrace]

Loving these tutes BOOM!

[@Toddicus2914]

Great Video!

[@rhwoodshop]

Thank You!!! Glad you like it.

[@Toddicus2914]

@@rhwoodshop this is exactly what I needed to get started using that program.

[@rhwoodshop]

Reichert T awesome, I have an entire playlist that just keeps growing. As a matter fact I have another video releasing Saturday

[@michaell7877]

Vid marker 33:33 I am confused on that. You dragged over from the original apron and have two show up, from the copied version. this part forward confused me. I guess the whole Unique part is confusing. Will now actually watch again from the beginning and do it on my lesson model.

[@rhwoodshop]

Michael Lusk Disabled Vet WoodWorker I did this to show you that if you copy a component while you are in the editing portion of a component then when you make changes to it, it will not affect the other but it will still be connected as a component. Normally when you want to copy something and keep it connected so every change you make will affect the other then you cannot be inside the component when you make the copy.

[@befmx31]

Very good video. Much appreciated.

[@rhwoodshop]

befmx31 thank you very much and you are welcome.

[@befmx31]

@@rhwoodshop you are welcome.

[@hanspijpers2100]

For the 3 pieces rabbit, there is also an even faster way, after the first one is set to .25, you can double click the other 2 .

[@brianpruitt1015]

Awesome. When are you going to do the vid of cut list and component lists?

[@rhwoodshop]

Lay out and cut list will be the next lesson

[@pplemens2]

Thank you So much!

[@rhwoodshop]

Thank You!!!

[@XxLetsDewThisxX]

Now my only question is how does one go about cutting a sliding dovetail joint that long?? I can imagine the table saw for groove side and slowly working back and forth and at an angle for the edges, but I can't imagine safely cutting the tongue side of the dovetail on the table saw. Perhaps that my inexperience with these joints but any pointers on that facet?? Thanks for these awesome tutorials! You earned a new sub from me for sure!

[@boxbiru]

wow really good sensei :) thank you

[@rhwoodshop]

+Ahmad Fatah Thank You!!!

[@ronnuckolls857]

Video is great had trouble with dove tails after pulling shelf out .25 mine didnt show lines like yours did. I hid legs and measured shelf and it was with the .25 at each end so couldn't get dove tail to work but great video

[@rhwoodshop]

So sorry Ron. Hopefully you got it figured out.

[@SeanGee]

I am looking forward to the cut list video.

[@rhwoodshop]

Well go check it out, it is live

[@Ravi_Sachchade]

Hi sir u explain Very well.. keep growing..

[@rhwoodshop]

Thank You!!! I appreciate that

[@boxbiru]

thanks brother

[@michaell7877]

I don't understand that Lock Joint for the top. I just can't seem to picture in my mind how the top vid mkr 30:10 . Would you actually build this part? Tyvm..

[@rhwoodshop]

Michael Lusk Disabled Vet WoodWorker Hey Michael, the lock joint for this top really doesn’t give a whole lot of structural support it’s just a method to attach the top and give more glue surface without having to make an actual groove the width of the board. I have done lock joints on drawers in many videos so you might check that out. It is also in my join it video series

[@larrypotts6223]

thank you again

[@rhwoodshop]

You’re very welcome. You have the same name as my insurance agent

[@ian1957ruth]

Hi, am really enjoying these video tutorials, you have a new subscriber. I started with sketch up several years ago. although never quite mastered it if you know what I mean. However since Sketch up went web-based I have flirted with Fusion 360 (Full Version free to hobbyists, for now anyway.) Also not mastered it. I would be interested in your thoughts on Fusion 360. I also think in Fusion 360 you can produce drawings. Never done it though. BTW I am slowly coming back round to Sketch up and that is down to you.

[@thekumo_dee]

Curious with that top sliding joint wouldn't you have to cut a slot in your two sides for that joint to go through as well where the connect to the top part?

[@rhwoodshop]

Are you talking about the lock joint that I used to attach the aprons to the top of the bench?

[@thekumo_dee]

@@rhwoodshop yes

[@rhwoodshop]

So the top has a quarter inch by quarter inch groove that goes from one end to the other through and through. The apron has a quarter inch by quarter inch offset tongue that accepts that top groove. Also the apron has a 3/4 inch by 1/4 inch deep dado to accept the legs. Does that clear it up?

[@thekumo_dee]

@@rhwoodshop I got it now I had to hide the top to see it better with the top off the three segments from the offset through me off looked like that was part of the sides(legs) Thanks for explaining

[@chuckmaddox6725]

Hi, I'm using Sketchup Make for Windows and when I make changes to a component (like making the dado in the apron) it does not make the same change to the copy apron. Any ideas as to why? Thank you!

[@Tonyswoodshop]

I was having the same problem. First make the guidelines for where you want the dado. Next click on the component until it turns blue, then you can make a rectangle and use the push/pull option. It worked for me. I didn't have the component selected and that was my problem.

[@rhwoodshop]

+Chuck Maddox if you copy a component while you are inside the component then any changes you make to one will not affect the other. You must highlight the component without going into it to copy it. This will allow you to make changes to one and it will also affect the other

[@RobertJamesYngente]

Thanks!

[@rhwoodshop]

You are very welcome.

[@countrysideworkshop]

I think they are as easy to follow as Lesson 1.

[@rhwoodshop]

Good to hear hopefully lesson three will be just as easy to follow

[@elainemcdonough7267]

Thanks, Drew just a small thought can you post the SketchUp files so if folks lose them or join in later they do not have to re-draw the model. Just a thought. Mike

[@rhwoodshop]

That is a good thought. Where would be a good place to store it for people to find it?

[@shanetimberedowl9541]

Saved for later reference

[@rhwoodshop]

Excellent

[@tommarkettahudson4390]

For some reason when I hide a component it will not unhide. I can undo but it undoes what I did after the hide. Not sure what is going on. Other than that I am enjoying your videos.

[@rhwoodshop]

It’s because you are hiding a component while you were inside a component. It’s very difficult to unhide when you do that. Get out of the component and then just highlight it and then hide it

[@philshock3805]

Thanks, Drew! Awesome series you've got going! I really love that you show how to correct misalignments. (that gets really time consuming for me sometimes) One thing I'm not understanding though is how did the dados get out of alignment on the opposite side? (not the front to back where you simply flipped it - but the side to side). Oh btw - greetings from Stillwater! :)

[@rhwoodshop]

Well if you go back and look when I made the reference line for the second leg which is where the misalignment happened I reference the inside portion of the leg instead of the outside portion and when I reference the .75 reference line off of that Mark, it ended up taking it 3/4 of an inch inward which caused the dado to be in the wrong place.

[@philshock3805]

@@rhwoodshop Ah, gotcha. Thanks.

[@hanspijpers2100]

and for the fellow woodworkers, there is a free cad program, downloadable which is a little better than sketchup make Design Spark Mechanical 5.0 it can open all your sketchup files, also step and obj etc even stl files . but one of its main advantages is for instance the boolean operations like add and subtract, if you draw the tenon, you can let the software make the mortise, by just subtracting the material. And there are lots more possibilities. The combination works great, Kind regards Hans

[@nathanhill8448]

Could have put pocket screws in the tutorial. It is a joint as well.

[@rhwoodshop]

I plan on showing that on a future tutorial as they are a little bit more difficult to put in

[@michaell7877]

0:54 ts how did you just add a 1/4 inch. I watched you type it in, and now the total is 3/4. I would have thought to just put in .75 thx

[@rhwoodshop]

Remember whatever measurements you put in, that is what is added to the existing component. The existing measurement was .5 so I wanted to add a quarter of an inch to make it a grand total of .75.

[@michaell7877]

@@rhwoodshop Outstanding! ty

[@dmosbbq366]

Lesson 3 include exploding components into a cut list with dimensions?

[@rhwoodshop]

Yeah that’s the plan. But remember the free version can only let you do so much so I will show you my work around to get the same end result.

[@dmosbbq366]

@@rhwoodshop nice. I figured there was a catch with the free version. Newb woodcrafter here (tons of experience with building houses, just started dabbling into furniture last year), have seen some tutes that include that feature, but I think they were using the paid version. I've read on forums that there's an older version from like 2010 or something, like pre-Google I believe, that has full functionality.

[@dmosbbq366]

@@rhwoodshop I'm right handed, so I'm already thinking about buying a separate USB number pad to place on the left side of my laptop, so I don't have to reach across my keyboard or take my hand off the mouse. Work smarter not harder, I say... Lol.

[@gvlive]

at 10:49 - why is the dado in the wrong place?

[@rhwoodshop]

It’s because I measure referenced from the incorrect side whenever I was laying the dado out

[@terrypen]

3:12 mine is NOT giving me the reference line. I've highlighted into the component and then selected tape measure but when I double click a dotted line appears and then disappears. Maybe it's the "new" web version of Sketchup.

[@terrypen]

I accomplished the task by just drawing a line, then hiding the leg, drawing a rectangle, and then pushing the rectangle down. I then unhid the leg.

[@terrypen]

Finally figured out what was happening! I had turned OFF guides instead of deleting them. So I had to turn the guides back on and then select Delete all guides, then add the guides!

[@ageriks0n]

at 5:00, you moved the wrong way for your second layout line - maybe you did that on purpose, I haven't watched the whole video yet! Great series Drew!

[@rhwoodshop]

Good Eye! yes I did. Did that on purpose so I could show people how to move a dado if they put it in the wrong place

[@jeffandphoebe]

Bookmarked.

[@rhwoodshop]

Boom

[@celebrationscuba]

The first one was great, but I could not follow this one. I was not sure where to click to do what. I had 2 computers side by side, one with the video, and one with the saved bench from lesson one. I could not follow,after almost an hour of pause, rewind, watch again. Sorry, not meaning to sound negative, I am sure it was just me, I loved Lesson one it was GREAT.

[@rhwoodshop]

Well I will try and make lesson three a little bit more in depth for where to click

[@jaredallen2157]

bad just bad

[@rhwoodshop]

Thanks for the honesty.