| Blog series by jeffbranch | updated 11-09-2014 02:41 PM | 3 parts | 6107 reads | 8 comments total |
Part 1: Getting Started
I am a woodworker who likes graphic design, page layout and typography. I have become pretty good with SketchUp and know Microsoft Publisher pretty well, so I began using the knowledge of these two programs to re-cap the construction of things I have built. Which lead to publically sharing woodworking plans. I have been designing and building furniture for more than 30 years, so I have a lot of projects to choose from for plan ideas. My current woodworking plan which is in development feat...
Part 2: The Later Pages
So after much fussing with and tweaking of the woodworking plan I have been creating, I am just about finished with it. Actually, I was finished with it last weekend until I decided to overhaul the content of page 11 and spread it out over two pages. This is what page 11 originally looked like… I was never happy with the two images, one being a close-up of the other. With SketchUp, my illustration tool, as you zoom in to a particular part of a model, the perspective changes...
Part 3: The Final Plan
Here is the finished woodworking plan. I could go on and on finding little things to adjust and fine tune, but I am calling it finished… http://issuu.com/jeffbranch/docs/apartment-dining-table-1108141 Get an instant download of the plan here (no tracking software is used with your download)... https://jeffbranch.files.wordpress.com/2014/11/apartment-dining-table-1110141.pdf I am already thinking about my next plan. I am leaning towards one based on a pine bible stand I made ...
