![]() ![]() ![]() It has a very large active user community and a humongous library of pre-drawn models. Sketchup is an incredible free tool, and it’s easy to learn. If you’d like, you can download my Sketchup file here. I built 2 shelving units and a smaller TV/entertainment unit that was actually deeper (3 edge glued boards instead of 2) than the shelves. I added the baseboards shown above I decided to make the shelves 6 feet tall instead of 8 feet and I changed the shelf configuration slightly. Here you can see the clamps being used to glue on a 2×4 I used as a baseboard.ĭuring the construction, I deviated from my original design slightly. Once I had all of the pieces, I started assembling the units. Every piece of the unit had to be edge glued, sanded, and stained. ![]() In other words, Sketchup is mainly based on the construction of exterior and interiors of structures. Unfortunately, I didn’t take any pictures of this process, but it took what felt like an eternity. This Sketchup project is all about architecture. To get the depth I needed I decided on edge gluing 1×8 boards to make a shelf that is about 14.5 inches deep in real dimensions. I vastly underestimated the amount of work that would eventually go into this, mostly due to a technique that I undertook called “ edge gluing.” I needed a shelf depth of about 14″ to accommodate my record player (as seen in the model), but the widest boards that Home Depot sells are 1×12, which in real dimensions actually about 3/4 x 11 1/4. This was my first real carpentry project, so I drew up a model of what I wanted to build in the free 3D modeling software, Google Sketchup. Rather than buying some generic prefab shelves at Ikea, I decided to build my own. We both have tons of physical media (books, magazines, CDs, records), so I knew that we would need a lot of shelf space. Rebecca and I moved in together June of 2007. ![]()
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