Please thumbs this up so everyone can see it. This question is being asked a lot. Yes, I do account for the blade kerf but not in between every piece. I know that 8 cuts = 1" so I give myself some leeway and say that 6 cuts = 1". If I get close to the edge I'll count the cuts and make sure there is enough room. But if you manually add 1/8" in between every part it makes things difficult.
+Jay Bates The entire time watching the layout cultist portion i was wondering to myself, i wonder if he considers the kerf, then i scrolled down and sure enough... nice video, i work with cadd not sketchup and what really helps speed the process along is knowing your shortcuts, huge time saver
+Jay Bates Nice demo. I use SketchUp for all my work, even the simple stuff, because it better helps to visualize the final build and to confirm that everything will fit. But, until I saw this I always grouped each part rather than make them a component because I couldn't see the advantage and grouping is one less step. But now I think I will start making each part a component. Thanks
Good one Jay. A beginner makes the kerf layout mistake once or twice and quickly goes and measures all his pieces and wonders where the mistake was. It's an easy thing to forgot...a couple rip cuts and the lost material adds up quick.
Jay - I don't know how you do it all. The time you must devote to every single project between building, filming, editing and sketchup is mind blowing. I'm really in awe of your efforts. Plus, you always present thiings in such a clear, concise and organized fashion. And you do it all with materials and tools that the average guy can afford and use. You are absolutely the "every man's woodworker" and I'm very thankful for your videos.
+Altometer Same here man. Learned a few new tricks myself by watching +Jay Bates. I've found that no matter how long i've been doing something, it's always beneficial to watch and learn how others do a task, 90% of the time I learn how to do something in a new way... and by watching some people, I've learned how not to do somethings lol.
BLOODY FANTASTIC TUTORIAL. Really, describing what you want to do, why and how to do it, including all the keyboard shortcuts, is truly brilliantly done. Best tutorial I've ever seen. Thank you so very much!
I have learned more in this 16mins than I have in about 3months of trying to figure it out. Great to see someone working at normal (ish) pace and just saying what they're doing so that us plebs can see a proper workflow
Once again, I am learning so much from your video instructions. I encourage all of you fellows to write Sketchup and ask them to hire Jay as their official instructor.
Your method of demonstrating how you use SketchUp is super effective, after watching a few of your videos on them, I can immediately put them into practice and my speed has gone up oh maybe a few thousand percent. Now, its a super useful and fun tool to use. Thank you Jay.
I like how this 17 minute video taught me more of SketchUp than several hours of tutorial videos... Real world usage, announcing shortcut keys, and talking through exactly what you doing. Amazing.
As a former Manufacturing Engineer, I appreciate your comments and work-flow that is based on efficiency. Time is often a limited resource, and thinking through the process (e.g. fewer tool set-ups) really makes a big difference overall. Thanks Jay.
Dear Jay Bates, you can not know how much helpful and time saving were your phrases "P for push/pull" "T for tape measure" and "M for movement". Very grateful! Thank you.
True story. This helped a bunch. I can finally somewhat use sketchup thanks to these videos. I still find myself really struggling to move things around and keep them on a plane. They always end up hovering a foot off of the mark or floating way out in left field for no reason. If I could just get that nailed down I would be a happy guy!
homegrownbuddy, One tip for helping keep objects in the right plane: it matters what edge, face, or corner you grab when you move things. Usually the bottom edge/face is the common one in projects like this, so while grabbing objects by the closest side (usually the top one) seems easiest, if you grab it by the bottom (e.g., the bottom left corner instead of the top left corner), you’ll probably have much better luck. In this video Jay kept having to adjust the pieces vertically because he was grabbing a top corner, but it was the bottom of the objects that were originally already on the same plane. Had he simply moved and copied while grabbing the object from the bottom edge he would have been even faster-although, he’s such a maestro with SketchUp, maybe he just did that so we could all learn more tricks and keyboard shortcuts! But once you know to pay attention to what edge, corner, or face is shared with other objects, it helps a lot because then SketchUp helps you keep things anchored to that common plane.
I just can't get over your sketchup skills. Glad to see you doing them again. Just your repetitive tasks being said out loud is a testament to your desire to teach others. Great job, and look forward to seeing this project manifest into reality.
maybe its just me but you have a certain air about yourself that seems very familiar, several things come to mind.last year i watched a video of a young man on youtube giving a tutorial on building a bench from 2x4's, I proceeded to make that bench and was oh so proud of myself, then I started watching other videos on woodworking and found this guy I really liked following because of his style and teaching techniques. while scrolling his channel one day i stumbled apon that same damn video of him building the 2x4 bench. I have been on social media watching a random video and told my wife, "hey! I know that shop, thats my buddy Jay." now sitting here trying to learn sketchup i only have to hear your voice to know that ive heard it before, pause the video to fact check myself and there you are, keep doing what you are doing y friend, you are a true help and inspiration
Yes.... now this is how to do a friggin tutorial. No intro (it's RUclips FFS, not a TV show) Straight to the point, great verbal cues ("M" for MOVE, Spacebar, Triple click). Smashing it out (because it's a video and you can rewind to recap anything you missed...like I did). I learnt so much in minutes from this. It's often so agonising watching tutorials when you're trying to cut to the chase and learn something with some fool stating the obvious, or talking to their cat etc. Maybe do a video on how people should do RUclips videos and tutorials Jay Bates. Great work.
I realize I’m late to the party here but I have to say a hearty “thanks” for these tutorials. Your narrative of hot keys (keyboard shortcuts) are extremely useful. Sometimes, just watching an expert do something is more helpful. Keep up the good work.
I don't really know sketch up and I have actually just finished all the tutorials but I really like it and I'm working on my first plan. I made some out door chairs and my family is big and old, all of us well, most of us. Anyway I want the chairs to be a little more stable and stronger then most chairs I see online, so I took a plan and changed it to bulk it up. Now I want to share the plan with everyone else. I was thinking of using the sketch up because I see you use it so much, and I really like it. Thank you so much for sharing! I just love that you are so smart and willing to teach us. Hopefully I can finish my plan and show it off!
Thanks Jay, this is a GREAT sketchup tutorial. By talking out the commands, we can watch it over and over to get the hang of it. Anytime you have the notion, a sketchup video is ALWAYS welcome.
I'm just at awe how well you narrate your videos! Everytime you call out a shortcut and repeatedly does it. I have the opportunity to "guessing" it and see if I'm right. That way I learn the shortcuts myself. Also the speed at which you do the videos is a nice pace.
Thanks Jay. I was one of the people who asked you about how you used Sketchup for Cutlists. From playing around with it, I copy and move the object to a 'Layout' layer, where I tear it down into parts and place the parts onto outlines representing sheetgoods or dimensional lumber. Like you, I use components, so any changes made to these parts in my main working layer get reflected in the Layout layer. Thinking as I write this, for those who cut down materials in stages and build one subunit at a time, and subsequently decide to modify their project, I suppose any additions/subtractions of parts in the main working layer wouldn't be reflected in the Layout layer since the latter is a copy of the parts of object as it existed at the time the copy was made. So you'd have to manually add (copy)/subtract parts to/from the Layout layer to reflect any modifications to the project. Wondering if there's a way to create a 'living copy' that changes as you add/remove parts to/from the object? I.e., copying a 'group' and anything that is added/removed to/from that group is reflected in all copies of that group. That way you can always be sure that every copy in every scene has the parts contained in the most current version of the object in your working layer.
First of your Sketchup videos I've watched. What you did in 17 mins would take me pretty much a day. Given my limited power tools (circular saw and hand router) I think your method is about as good a system as I can hope for and your clear, concise explanations (with shortcuts) are going to increase my productivity no end. I have to second all the praise for your ability as an instructor - never seen better (in any subject) in my 60 years. Thank you.
I really like this style of no bullshit tutorial you have here. Gets right to the point from the very start. Says all the shortcuts as you go. And most importantly you go through your thought process when designing and laying everything out. Every minute has something useful to know. The video is the perfect length. Earned a subscription from me.
I could just watch hours of you calling out commands as you can excite them. On a serious note I would love to be able to learn these commands but realize what I'm trying to create is very asymmetrical and non repetitive. Will continue to watch and learn! Thanks for taking the time to put another sketchup vid up!
Hey Jay Ed White here aka Georgia Bubba which is my RUclips name. I will be uploading some videos soon. I wanted you to know that even though the jointer / planner jig and the idea has been done you still brought back into play and reminded me about it. Remember we older and guy's forget. Tell your beautiful wife to get out in the shop with you and make some Christmas cheer. Keep up the great job and videos. Tool reviews I don't know there are so many out there. personally I like your detailed build so I can get great tips and learn new stuff from you like I said before I am 68 years old retired E7 USAF and I learn from you guy's each time I watch. I have bent your ears enough. Have a great day and may God watch over you and Jamie and the puppies
Don't stop these!! they are great. Love the shortcut list helps a bunch!! If your ever down in Pensacola, FL, stop in, you'll get a free meal out of it!!
An adult on average takes 7 times to remember something they have been told. All I can say is Q for rotate and I've never used Sketch Up yet. I appreciate the way you called all the shortcuts out.
AHHH!!! This is exactly what I needed. I've been messing around with Sketchup and keep getting frustrated. All these shortcuts make perfect sense now. Thank you!
+Mike and Lauren Glad to hear that :) I've got over 40+ videos on SketchUp as well. They might be of help: ruclips.net/p/PLoEggaYbboJEVR_uRhSO4LfiSpp41dXn_
+Jay Bates Awesome. I just re-watched this time following along with you on my computer and so many things "clicked" for me. Specifically the spacebar-click to get out and watching how you move things. I always just clicked the middle of a component and things never seemed to snap right. Seeing you click specific corners made it so much easier. Thanks again.
Great tutorial, Jay. I learned more about SketchUp (and efficient plywood cutting strategy) in those 17 minutes than I have in the last 5 years of making sawdust. The pace of the tutorial was perfect for me. Thank you!
I just downloaded SketchUp for both floor plans as well as woodworking. This is exactly one of the things I was looking for. Thanks for posting and for calling out the shortcut keys. Well done.
Thanks Jay. I'm NEW to woodwork. I love your videos and instruction. While I don't have the training, your videos have given me the confidence and conviction to try. AWESOME.
I have been using sketchup since 2008, and I am really very good at it. But right off the bat, I learned a new trick. I did not know that you could make a rectangle and then adjust the size of it after making it. That totally blows me away. There is always something new to learn about SU.
Sir I love what you've done! I have been watching a ton of Sketchup videos recently and yours are by far the best to learn from. Your speaking out every button you push as a flow of consciousness is very helpful and much appreciated! You also cover a topic thoroughly without 5 minutes of fluff. You sir are a champion. I can't wait to watch all your videos. I can't believe how awesome this resource is that you've created!
Dear Jay, that is very good and the explanation of the kerf calculation as well. I have just finished two year day release course in furniture making and no one ever mentioned this which is an extremely valuable information
I've just learnt more useful stuff about sketchup from this video than I have from any other resource. I'm only using the free version (sketchup make), but it's all the keen diy'er needs. Thanks so much for all your videos mate, most have been a real help and inspiration. All the best.
Thanks for this Jay! It's one thing to design and build in Sketchup, another to take it to this level of efficiency. Being able to move pieces around on a board for the best use of raw materials means money savings and less cutoffs and scraps to hang onto. Also, visually determining the cut layout before entering the woodshop will save time, save on mistakes and stress. I have done the pencil and paper thing the same way, but that takes hours not minutes like you just demonstrated.
This and all of your sketchup videos are top notch! Great work. You are a natural teacher. I used your videos to learn sketchup 2 years ago and recently came back to using sketchup after a long hiatus. Thanks to you it took me all of 10 minutes of fumbling around the program before it ALL started to come back to me! "P for push pull zero point 5, spacebar triple click G for component... M for move Ctrl brings up copy"
Still watching but thumbs up for using keyboard/click shortcuts! My friends and family think it's witchcraft when they watch me using them, it's amazing how much quicker they make your workflow.
Great video, Jay. You not only have a command of Sketchup, but you are also able to convey information about it. Not everyone can do that! Thanks! Charlie
You have just taken all of the frustration and complexity out of sketch up and made it so simple I just can't believe it! Thank you so much for making it so easy I love the shortcuts and you're very good at teaching SketchUp thank you thank you thank you!pp
Jay, thanks for doing this. 95+% of what I know about sketch up I have learned from you - I have watched the videos on your web site MANY times and I could not hve built some of the things I have without SU. So much easier to work things out in SU than paper/pencil. Learned a lot from this video and will be reviewing it many times over. There is alot more here than just doing a lay out. Agian, thanks, much appreciation for your time and effort.Scott
+The 2 Car Garage Shop Glad to hear the videos have benefited you. I use pencil and paper to get ideas and SketchUp to work out the details and reduce errors. Thanks :)
I've run across a few of your videos and enjoyed them. This was the icing on the cake for me to subscribe. Thanks for sharing your knowledge and helping me incorporate my hobby of 3D modeling into my latest hobby of woodworking.
3 minutes in and I already know I will sub to your channel. Came to your site for creations, the excellent Sketchup knowledge (and the way you quickly explain things) is a super added bonus. Thank you!
Excellent instruction Jay. I'm learning from many of your woodworking videos. You have a natural talent and technical knack to teach and make your videos interesting and enjoyable. Thanks for helping to make learning woodworking fun. Good pace, too, and I like that you don't treat your audience as slow-witted or that we're 5 years old. Excellent job on everything.
Jay, I have been watching your videos for a long time now. You have come a long way in technique, skill and ability to communicate efficiently. This video in particular shows a real understanding of the software. Well done. Keep up the good work.
Jay, great video. I have been using Sketchup for many years, but your methodology is a vast improvement over my long winded way of doing things. Regards.
Hi jay. Great tutorial. I like how you repeat, repeat, repeat the process so the information sinks in. I've not got sketch up yet and I've never done cad drawings before. But watching this video is giving me the confidence to give it a try. Thank you. You've got a thumbs up from me and a new subscriber.
Thanks for calling out the keystrokes! M for move, C for copy, etc. It shows how to work efficiently, saves lots of time and less wasted movements with mouse to click on toolbar/menu
Thanks Jay for another great SketchUp video! Thanks to you making all these videos on SketchUp, projects go so much smoother! Being somebody who's never worked with a CAD program like this your videos have made it a breeze
GREAT tutorial! I like the way you move fast so it's not tedious, as so many tutorials are. Also, I see others had the same question I had about accounting for the kerf. Again your knowledge of YT protocols ( thumbs up so people see it) allowed me to get the answer fast without bothering you for a separate reply. You're a brilliant guy and an efficient practical woodworker.
Hey Jay! This was very helpful for me personally. I had been redrawing instead of re sizing simply because no one had ever shown me how to re size a component. You just saved me a ton of time! Thank you, Thank you, Thank you!
ok i gott say this could be the single most applicable, and instantly helpful video on all of you tube. seriously this is just pure gold man! i have been messing with sketch up just very briefly. and this video like shot putted me levels and levels of understanding forward. pure gold dude!!
Love these tutorials. If not for them, I wouldn't have been able to design and build my extra kitchen cabinet/bar. Stores wanted $900 just for the base. I built it for ~$400 or so, and that's just because I had a company build the exact doors to match my existing kitchen cabinets as I didn't have a router, table or raised door panel kit.
Just about to build a chest of drawers, and remembered this video! Now gonna optimize the use of plywood. Thank you Jay! Best Sketchup tutorials out there
Nicely done, Jay! I use this technique to plan my sheet goods breakdown, too. First step is ripping each sheet lengthwise once or twice with my tracksaw, according to my cutting diagrams, then moving to the table saw, then the panel cutting jig or chopsaw. Like you mentioned, if I have common rip dimensions, I try to lay out my components so that I can make all those cuts in one rip fence setup on the tablesaw. I couple of constructive comments, if you don't mind: Left hand and right hand components that are mirror images of one another occur a lot in my designs, like sides of a cabinet, for example. I always draw the basic LH component, copy it to the RH position as you showed ... then right-click the RH component and FLIP ALONG ... the appropriate axis. The two sides are then instances of the same component, but now they are mirror images. Like SketchUp magic, any features (dadoes, grooves, holes, etc.) you add to either instance will appear exactly reversed in the other instance. You can always check this arrangement by looking at the component axis that shows up while the component is being edited. If you FLIPPED ALONG ... the red axis, for example, the red axes of the two sides should be point toward each other. This trick will change your SketchUp life, my friend!* If you leave the face in the 48x96 rectangle representing your sheet of plywood, it will be much easier to get the individual pieces to snap where you want them. Since you make the rectangle a component, there's no chance that you'll accidentally modify it. *This process wouldn't be necessary in the example of the plain sides and ends of your trays, which had no features other than being simple cubes.
Very nice, Jay! It's nice to see that you are returning to doing Sketchup tutorials again. I think I've watched all the other ones so many times I'm wearing them out!
This was a really smooth explanation of your process. As a new SketchUp user I appreciate your clear delivery and visual demonstration. Helpful information indeed. Keep up the good work. Your efforts are very informative to new users.
This is a great video man. Really offers some insight into how to lay it all out visually. I also liked that you actually named off the commands you were doing as you did them, helps me to follow along with what's going on.
Excellent tutorial on how to do a layout. One thing I found easier to do than the way you do it, when trying to align parts on different planes...instead of first doing the Z axis, then snapping corner to corner, just go into x-ray view while you move parts around. Once done, take it back off of x-ray view. Will cut down on a LOT of steps while moving stuff around.
I don't know if anyone has mentioned this but there is a great new free extension called CutMap. It does just what you did manually except it does it for you. You can move-rotate any of the pieces. It took me a bit to learn how it expects to have the design structured but now it saves me a lot of time and did I mention that it is free.
Wonderful tutorial! Using spoken keyboard shortcuts is excellent and the occasional mistake is not only human but the lesson in correcting them on the fly is exceedingly useful since we, the inexperienced, will undoubtedly make many more. Thumbs up - and I subscribed a while ago.
This is also a great tutorial for learning sketch it actually covers a lot of the moves that u use in any project. I just mirrored your moves and now I have a better understanding of design and to boot how to form my own cut list. I just had to figure out the shortcuts for Mac. Another great tutorial.
Every time that I work with SketchUp I find myself saying things like "Spacebar, tripple click, G for component" Thanks for sharing the process as I always learn new things. Especially the OSB settings.
So I have been watching you for a while and I really enjoy your channel. I hadn’t seen your sketchup tutorials and wanted to let you know that you did a great job and I will watch the rest of them now. I particularly like how you say what your doing step by step and I am planning on doing some of these simo with your video to improve my skills.
I like the speed the speed of your tutorial: One has to concentrate to follow what you are doing but on the other side I wasn't falling asleep as with other videos
Please thumbs this up so everyone can see it. This question is being asked a lot. Yes, I do account for the blade kerf but not in between every piece. I know that 8 cuts = 1" so I give myself some leeway and say that 6 cuts = 1". If I get close to the edge I'll count the cuts and make sure there is enough room. But if you manually add 1/8" in between every part it makes things difficult.
+Jay Bates The entire time watching the layout cultist portion i was wondering to myself, i wonder if he considers the kerf, then i scrolled down and sure enough... nice video, i work with cadd not sketchup and what really helps speed the process along is knowing your shortcuts, huge time saver
+Jay Bates Good thing I read the comments before making one of my own. That is a very simple way to account for the blade kerf. Thanks for the tip.
+Jay Bates
Nice demo.
I use SketchUp for all my work, even the simple stuff, because it better helps to visualize the final build and to confirm that everything will fit.
But, until I saw this I always grouped each part rather than make them a component because I couldn't see the advantage and grouping is one less step. But now I think I will start making each part a component. Thanks
Good one Jay. A beginner makes the kerf layout mistake once or twice and quickly goes and measures all his pieces and wonders where the mistake was. It's an easy thing to forgot...a couple rip cuts and the lost material adds up quick.
Haha, thanks I should have looked here first.
Jay - I don't know how you do it all. The time you must devote to every single project between building, filming, editing and sketchup is mind blowing. I'm really in awe of your efforts. Plus, you always present thiings in such a clear, concise and organized fashion. And you do it all with materials and tools that the average guy can afford and use. You are absolutely the "every man's woodworker" and I'm very thankful for your videos.
The hardest part is doing it the first time. Drawers tend to repeat in projects do all you need to do is make it once then use it for many projects
I've been using sketchup for 4 years. I learned at least a dozen things from this little video.
+Altometer Glad to hear that.
+Altometer Same here! And this has been way more helpful than 90% of sketchup tutorials.
+Altometer Same here man. Learned a few new tricks myself by watching +Jay Bates. I've found that no matter how long i've been doing something, it's always beneficial to watch and learn how others do a task, 90% of the time I learn how to do something in a new way... and by watching some people, I've learned how not to do somethings lol.
BLOODY FANTASTIC TUTORIAL. Really, describing what you want to do, why and how to do it, including all the keyboard shortcuts, is truly brilliantly done. Best tutorial I've ever seen. Thank you so very much!
Thank you for the feedback, Zoe.
I have learned more in this 16mins than I have in about 3months of trying to figure it out. Great to see someone working at normal (ish) pace and just saying what they're doing so that us plebs can see a proper workflow
Thank you Jay! This is 5 years old, but I just found it - hands down the best Sketchup basic part drawing tutorial available.
Once again, I am learning so much from your video instructions. I encourage all of you fellows to write Sketchup and ask them to hire Jay as their official instructor.
Your method of demonstrating how you use SketchUp is super effective, after watching a few of your videos on them, I can immediately put them into practice and my speed has gone up oh maybe a few thousand percent. Now, its a super useful and fun tool to use. Thank you Jay.
I like how this 17 minute video taught me more of SketchUp than several hours of tutorial videos... Real world usage, announcing shortcut keys, and talking through exactly what you doing. Amazing.
As a former Manufacturing Engineer, I appreciate your comments and work-flow that is based on efficiency. Time is often a limited resource, and thinking through the process (e.g. fewer tool set-ups) really makes a big difference overall. Thanks Jay.
It is poetry in motion to watch you use SketchUp.
Dear Jay Bates, you can not know how much helpful and time saving were your phrases "P for push/pull" "T for tape measure" and "M for movement". Very grateful! Thank you.
True story. This helped a bunch. I can finally somewhat use sketchup thanks to these videos. I still find myself really struggling to move things around and keep them on a plane. They always end up hovering a foot off of the mark or floating way out in left field for no reason. If I could just get that nailed down I would be a happy guy!
homegrownbuddy, One tip for helping keep objects in the right plane: it matters what edge, face, or corner you grab when you move things. Usually the bottom edge/face is the common one in projects like this, so while grabbing objects by the closest side (usually the top one) seems easiest, if you grab it by the bottom (e.g., the bottom left corner instead of the top left corner), you’ll probably have much better luck. In this video Jay kept having to adjust the pieces vertically because he was grabbing a top corner, but it was the bottom of the objects that were originally already on the same plane. Had he simply moved and copied while grabbing the object from the bottom edge he would have been even faster-although, he’s such a maestro with SketchUp, maybe he just did that so we could all learn more tricks and keyboard shortcuts! But once you know to pay attention to what edge, corner, or face is shared with other objects, it helps a lot because then SketchUp helps you keep things anchored to that common plane.
I just can't get over your sketchup skills. Glad to see you doing them again. Just your repetitive tasks being said out loud is a testament to your desire to teach others. Great job, and look forward to seeing this project manifest into reality.
maybe its just me but you have a certain air about yourself that seems very familiar, several things come to mind.last year i watched a video of a young man on youtube giving a tutorial on building a bench from 2x4's, I proceeded to make that bench and was oh so proud of myself, then I started watching other videos on woodworking and found this guy I really liked following because of his style and teaching techniques. while scrolling his channel one day i stumbled apon that same damn video of him building the 2x4 bench. I have been on social media watching a random video and told my wife, "hey! I know that shop, thats my buddy Jay." now sitting here trying to learn sketchup i only have to hear your voice to know that ive heard it before, pause the video to fact check myself and there you are, keep doing what you are doing y friend, you are a true help and inspiration
Yes.... now this is how to do a friggin tutorial. No intro (it's RUclips FFS, not a TV show) Straight to the point, great verbal cues ("M" for MOVE, Spacebar, Triple click). Smashing it out (because it's a video and you can rewind to recap anything you missed...like I did).
I learnt so much in minutes from this. It's often so agonising watching tutorials when you're trying to cut to the chase and learn something with some fool stating the obvious, or talking to their cat etc.
Maybe do a video on how people should do RUclips videos and tutorials Jay Bates. Great work.
Thank you :)
I realize I’m late to the party here but I have to say a hearty “thanks” for these tutorials. Your narrative of hot keys (keyboard shortcuts) are extremely useful. Sometimes, just watching an expert do something is more helpful. Keep up the good work.
I don't really know sketch up and I have actually just finished all the tutorials but I really like it and I'm working on my first plan. I made some out door chairs and my family is big and old, all of us well, most of us. Anyway I want the chairs to be a little more stable and stronger then most chairs I see online, so I took a plan and changed it to bulk it up. Now I want to share the plan with everyone else. I was thinking of using the sketch up because I see you use it so much, and I really like it. Thank you so much for sharing! I just love that you are so smart and willing to teach us. Hopefully I can finish my plan and show it off!
Thanks Jay, this is a GREAT sketchup tutorial. By talking out the commands, we can watch it over and over to get the hang of it. Anytime you have the notion, a sketchup video is ALWAYS welcome.
I'm just at awe how well you narrate your videos! Everytime you call out a shortcut and repeatedly does it. I have the opportunity to "guessing" it and see if I'm right. That way I learn the shortcuts myself. Also the speed at which you do the videos is a nice pace.
Thanks Jay. I was one of the people who asked you about how you used Sketchup for Cutlists. From playing around with it, I copy and move the object to a 'Layout' layer, where I tear it down into parts and place the parts onto outlines representing sheetgoods or dimensional lumber. Like you, I use components, so any changes made to these parts in my main working layer get reflected in the Layout layer.
Thinking as I write this, for those who cut down materials in stages and build one subunit at a time, and subsequently decide to modify their project, I suppose any additions/subtractions of parts in the main working layer wouldn't be reflected in the Layout layer since the latter is a copy of the parts of object as it existed at the time the copy was made. So you'd have to manually add (copy)/subtract parts to/from the Layout layer to reflect any modifications to the project.
Wondering if there's a way to create a 'living copy' that changes as you add/remove parts to/from the object? I.e., copying a 'group' and anything that is added/removed to/from that group is reflected in all copies of that group. That way you can always be sure that every copy in every scene has the parts contained in the most current version of the object in your working layer.
First of your Sketchup videos I've watched. What you did in 17 mins would take me pretty much a day. Given my limited power tools (circular saw and hand router) I think your method is about as good a system as I can hope for and your clear, concise explanations (with shortcuts) are going to increase my productivity no end. I have to second all the praise for your ability as an instructor - never seen better (in any subject) in my 60 years. Thank you.
I was kind of disappointed that this wasn't a build video... then it turned out to be one of the most useful videos I've watched in a while. Cheers!
+greg culmer Build video tomorrow :)
I really like this style of no bullshit tutorial you have here. Gets right to the point from the very start. Says all the shortcuts as you go. And most importantly you go through your thought process when designing and laying everything out. Every minute has something useful to know. The video is the perfect length. Earned a subscription from me.
I could just watch hours of you calling out commands as you can excite them.
On a serious note I would love to be able to learn these commands but realize what I'm trying to create is very asymmetrical and non repetitive. Will continue to watch and learn! Thanks for taking the time to put another sketchup vid up!
I do quite a lot of work in ShetchUp but I still learn something new every time I watch one of your videos. Thanks.
An excellent promotional video thanks. The more people using Sketchup, the better the designs.
Hey Jay
Ed White here aka Georgia Bubba which is my RUclips name. I will be uploading some videos soon. I wanted you to know that even though the jointer / planner jig and the idea has been done you still brought back into play and reminded me about it. Remember we older and guy's forget. Tell your beautiful wife to get out in the shop with you and make some Christmas cheer. Keep up the great job and videos. Tool reviews I don't know there are so many out there. personally I like your detailed build so I can get great tips and learn new stuff from you like I said before I am 68 years old retired E7 USAF and I learn from you guy's each time I watch. I have bent your ears enough. Have a great day and may God watch over you and Jamie and the puppies
The 'window' trick is priceless.
Excellent stuff, Jay, thanks!
Don't stop these!! they are great. Love the shortcut list helps a bunch!! If your ever down in Pensacola, FL, stop in, you'll get a free meal out of it!!
Your video taught me more than anything else so far. Thank you for talking through all your shortcuts.
Thanks for this video. It was very helpful to see you move quickly and talk through the key strokes.
An adult on average takes 7 times to remember something they have been told. All I can say is Q for rotate and I've never used Sketch Up yet. I appreciate the way you called all the shortcuts out.
AHHH!!! This is exactly what I needed. I've been messing around with Sketchup and keep getting frustrated. All these shortcuts make perfect sense now. Thank you!
+Mike and Lauren Glad to hear that :) I've got over 40+ videos on SketchUp as well. They might be of help: ruclips.net/p/PLoEggaYbboJEVR_uRhSO4LfiSpp41dXn_
+Jay Bates Awesome. I just re-watched this time following along with you on my computer and so many things "clicked" for me. Specifically the spacebar-click to get out and watching how you move things. I always just clicked the middle of a component and things never seemed to snap right. Seeing you click specific corners made it so much easier. Thanks again.
Great tutorial, Jay. I learned more about SketchUp (and efficient plywood cutting strategy) in those 17 minutes than I have in the last 5 years of making sawdust. The pace of the tutorial was perfect for me. Thank you!
I just downloaded SketchUp for both floor plans as well as woodworking. This is exactly one of the things I was looking for. Thanks for posting and for calling out the shortcut keys. Well done.
Thank you Jay. You are a natural teacher. Very easy to understand.
Thanks Jay. I'm NEW to woodwork. I love your videos and instruction. While I don't have the training, your videos have given me the confidence and conviction to try.
AWESOME.
I have been using sketchup since 2008, and I am really very good at it. But right off the bat, I learned a new trick. I did not know that you could make a rectangle and then adjust the size of it after making it. That totally blows me away. There is always something new to learn about SU.
You are how I learned SketchUp, and this video is no exception. Thank you, Jay!
Sir I love what you've done! I have been watching a ton of Sketchup videos recently and yours are by far the best to learn from. Your speaking out every button you push as a flow of consciousness is very helpful and much appreciated! You also cover a topic thoroughly without 5 minutes of fluff. You sir are a champion. I can't wait to watch all your videos. I can't believe how awesome this resource is that you've created!
I've been a little hesitant to move away pencil and paper, this is a super helpful video to help make the move. Thanks!
Dear Jay,
that is very good and the explanation of the kerf calculation as well. I have just finished two year day release course in furniture making and no one ever mentioned this which is an extremely valuable information
I've just learnt more useful stuff about sketchup from this video than I have from any other resource. I'm only using the free version (sketchup make), but it's all the keen diy'er needs.
Thanks so much for all your videos mate, most have been a real help and inspiration. All the best.
I really appreciated the running commentary on the shortcuts you were using at the time. Really helpful for a beginner!
Thanks for this Jay! It's one thing to design and build in Sketchup, another to take it to this level of efficiency. Being able to move pieces around on a board for the best use of raw materials means money savings and less cutoffs and scraps to hang onto. Also, visually determining the cut layout before entering the woodshop will save time, save on mistakes and stress. I have done the pencil and paper thing the same way, but that takes hours not minutes like you just demonstrated.
This and all of your sketchup videos are top notch! Great work. You are a natural teacher. I used your videos to learn sketchup 2 years ago and recently came back to using sketchup after a long hiatus. Thanks to you it took me all of 10 minutes of fumbling around the program before it ALL started to come back to me! "P for push pull zero point 5, spacebar triple click G for component... M for move Ctrl brings up copy"
Still watching but thumbs up for using keyboard/click shortcuts! My friends and family think it's witchcraft when they watch me using them, it's amazing how much quicker they make your workflow.
Thanks for making this. We work with sketchup at school with our 3d printer and it's good to show the students it's useful outside of class. :)
Great video, Jay. You not only have a command of Sketchup, but you are also able to convey information about it. Not everyone can do that!
Thanks!
Charlie
You have just taken all of the frustration and complexity out of sketch up and made it so simple I just can't believe it! Thank you so much for making it so easy I love the shortcuts and you're very good at teaching SketchUp thank you thank you thank you!pp
Jay, forget woodworking, you are a fabulous teacher
Cheers Paul (in the UK)
Jay, thanks for doing this. 95+% of what I know about sketch up I have learned from you - I have watched the videos on your web site MANY times and I could not hve built some of the things I have without SU. So much easier to work things out in SU than paper/pencil. Learned a lot from this video and will be reviewing it many times over. There is alot more here than just doing a lay out. Agian, thanks, much appreciation for your time and effort.Scott
+The 2 Car Garage Shop Glad to hear the videos have benefited you. I use pencil and paper to get ideas and SketchUp to work out the details and reduce errors. Thanks :)
Incredible tutorial. A little fast, but thankfully I can pause and replay it as much as needed. Thanks!
The best tutorial for sketchup on youtube.
Very useful description of how to organize the work and sketchup tricks that I didn't know :). Thank you!!
I've run across a few of your videos and enjoyed them. This was the icing on the cake for me to subscribe. Thanks for sharing your knowledge and helping me incorporate my hobby of 3D modeling into my latest hobby of woodworking.
Set the speed to .75 and this is a top tier instructional video. thanks Jay
3 minutes in and I already know I will sub to your channel. Came to your site for creations, the excellent Sketchup knowledge (and the way you quickly explain things) is a super added bonus. Thank you!
Excellent instruction Jay. I'm learning from many of your woodworking videos. You have a natural talent and technical knack to teach and make your videos interesting and enjoyable. Thanks for helping to make learning woodworking fun. Good pace, too, and I like that you don't treat your audience as slow-witted or that we're 5 years old. Excellent job on everything.
Jay, I have been watching your videos for a long time now. You have come a long way in technique, skill and ability to communicate efficiently. This video in particular shows a real understanding of the software. Well done. Keep up the good work.
Jay, great video. I have been using Sketchup for many years, but your methodology is a vast improvement over my long winded way of doing things. Regards.
Hi jay. Great tutorial. I like how you repeat, repeat, repeat the process so the information sinks in. I've not got sketch up yet and I've never done cad drawings before. But watching this video is giving me the confidence to give it a try. Thank you. You've got a thumbs up from me and a new subscriber.
Thanks for calling out the keystrokes! M for move, C for copy, etc. It shows how to work efficiently, saves lots of time and less wasted movements with mouse to click on toolbar/menu
Just started with sketchup. Watching this video literally increased my process flow by %100 with the use of hotkeys. Great stuff man.
Thanks Jay for another great SketchUp video! Thanks to you making all these videos on SketchUp, projects go so much smoother! Being somebody who's never worked with a CAD program like this your videos have made it a breeze
GREAT tutorial!
I like the way you move fast so it's not tedious, as so many tutorials are.
Also, I see others had the same question I had about accounting for the kerf. Again your knowledge of YT protocols ( thumbs up so people see it) allowed me to get the answer fast without bothering you for a separate reply.
You're a brilliant guy and an efficient practical woodworker.
Hey Jay!
This was very helpful for me personally. I had been redrawing instead of re sizing simply because no one had ever shown me how to re size a component. You just saved me a ton of time!
Thank you, Thank you, Thank you!
Great tutorial. Need more SketchUp tuts... make it happen... oh you did so well okay you made it happen. Now i'm gonna have ta watch 'em all.
ok i gott say this could be the single most applicable, and instantly helpful video on all of you tube.
seriously this is just pure gold man!
i have been messing with sketch up just very briefly. and this video like shot putted me levels and levels of understanding forward.
pure gold dude!!
GREAT TIP on selecting the "unseen" surface! Keep them coming.
Great video Jay. Simple ideas but a couple of new thoughts for me. Thanks for taking the time to share.
I know this is an old video - but it is fantastic! Concise and straight to the point - what more could anyone ask?
Awesome tutorial in this Jay! Very much appreciate the shortcuts you repeated over to make it sick.
You always impress me with your tutorials. I still can not figure out this silly software, but you give me hope!!
Love these tutorials.
If not for them, I wouldn't have been able to design and build my extra kitchen cabinet/bar.
Stores wanted $900 just for the base. I built it for ~$400 or so, and that's just because I had a company build the exact doors to match my existing kitchen cabinets as I didn't have a router, table or raised door panel kit.
Just about to build a chest of drawers, and remembered this video! Now gonna optimize the use of plywood. Thank you Jay! Best Sketchup tutorials out there
Nicely done, Jay! I use this technique to plan my sheet goods breakdown, too. First step is ripping each sheet lengthwise once or twice with my tracksaw, according to my cutting diagrams, then moving to the table saw, then the panel cutting jig or chopsaw. Like you mentioned, if I have common rip dimensions, I try to lay out my components so that I can make all those cuts in one rip fence setup on the tablesaw.
I couple of constructive comments, if you don't mind:
Left hand and right hand components that are mirror images of one another occur a lot in my designs, like sides of a cabinet, for example. I always draw the basic LH component, copy it to the RH position as you showed ... then right-click the RH component and FLIP ALONG ... the appropriate axis. The two sides are then instances of the same component, but now they are mirror images. Like SketchUp magic, any features (dadoes, grooves, holes, etc.) you add to either instance will appear exactly reversed in the other instance. You can always check this arrangement by looking at the component axis that shows up while the component is being edited. If you FLIPPED ALONG ... the red axis, for example, the red axes of the two sides should be point toward each other. This trick will change your SketchUp life, my friend!*
If you leave the face in the 48x96 rectangle representing your sheet of plywood, it will be much easier to get the individual pieces to snap where you want them. Since you make the rectangle a component, there's no chance that you'll accidentally modify it.
*This process wouldn't be necessary in the example of the plain sides and ends of your trays, which had no features other than being simple cubes.
I have gotten pretty good at SketchUp, mostly thanks to you , please keep these videos coming. Great job!
I learnt more from this video than I did from 10 other videos I just watched. Good Job!
I just learned more from this one video than numerous other Sketchup videos.
I love your Sketchup videos. Whish you made more. Seriously, you are very good at this.
YES! You mentioned doing this video a year or so ago. I HAVE BEEN WAITING SO PATIENTLY.
+Kirby Weldon hahahah....my bad :)
Great SketchUp tips. I need to start using the keyboard shortcuts. It will make things so much faster! Thanks for the video.
Im fairly good at sketchup, but this video taught me like seven things to make my day go alot faster, thank you
OMG that Window vs. Crossing was driving me crazy trying to select specific parts! Thanks Jay great help for sure!
Very nice, Jay! It's nice to see that you are returning to doing Sketchup tutorials again. I think I've watched all the other ones so many times I'm wearing them out!
Excellent! Thank you. This is a great video for someone like me who is not very familiar with SketchUp.
This was a really smooth explanation of your process. As a new SketchUp user I appreciate your clear delivery and visual demonstration. Helpful information indeed. Keep up the good work. Your efforts are very informative to new users.
This is a great video man. Really offers some insight into how to lay it all out visually. I also liked that you actually named off the commands you were doing as you did them, helps me to follow along with what's going on.
Excellent tutorial on how to do a layout. One thing I found easier to do than the way you do it, when trying to align parts on different planes...instead of first doing the Z axis, then snapping corner to corner, just go into x-ray view while you move parts around. Once done, take it back off of x-ray view. Will cut down on a LOT of steps while moving stuff around.
I don't know if anyone has mentioned this but there is a great new free extension called CutMap. It does just what you did manually except it does it for you. You can move-rotate any of the pieces. It took me a bit to learn how it expects to have the design structured but now it saves me a lot of time and did I mention that it is free.
Wonderful tutorial!
Using spoken keyboard shortcuts is excellent and the occasional mistake is not only human but the lesson in correcting them on the fly is exceedingly useful since we, the inexperienced, will undoubtedly make many more.
Thumbs up - and I subscribed a while ago.
Literally the best sketchup tutorial I have ever come across. Thank you so much for putting this together.
Phil
This is also a great tutorial for learning sketch it actually covers a lot of the moves that u use in any project. I just mirrored your moves and now I have a better understanding of design and to boot how to form my own cut list. I just had to figure out the shortcuts for Mac. Another great tutorial.
Thank you for this video. I've been looking for a way to layout sheet goods and again you've come to the rescue.
Every time that I work with SketchUp I find myself saying things like "Spacebar, tripple click, G for component"
Thanks for sharing the process as I always learn new things. Especially the OSB settings.
Great instructions Jay. I really like your explanations and especially how you tell us the short keys for the tools. Thumbs up for sure.
So I have been watching you for a while and I really enjoy your channel. I hadn’t seen your sketchup tutorials and wanted to let you know that you did a great job and I will watch the rest of them now. I particularly like how you say what your doing step by step and I am planning on doing some of these simo with your video to improve my skills.
Thanks Jay! I learned a bunch of tips watching you work. much appreciated
I like the speed the speed of your tutorial: One has to concentrate to follow what you are doing but on the other side I wasn't falling asleep as with other videos