March 18, 201214 yr While most of you don't really know me or my back ground, Lew does. He's followed me on Lumberjocks for quite a while and has really cheered my on through my woodworking and non-woodworking adventures. I started this blog http://lumberjocks.com/Betsy/blog/5302 on Lumberjocks quite a long time ago to learn Sketch up and to take everyone else along for the ride while I was recovering from a health issue. Quite a ride it was. I actually kind of got the hang of it. But, alas, you know the saying, "you don't use it you lose it" well that's where I'm at right now. I'm going back reading through my own blog to teach myself SU again, I've also been going through videos tutorials, etc. to learn my way around the program. Right now I'm trying to relearn the thing so I can make a "hose box" for my sister. I've just put a new sun room on the back of my house and I've told her that the hose needs gathered up every night and not laying around making the new digs look sloppy. So she shot back that I need to make a box! Well that's all well and good, but I need a plan. I can build pretty much anything with a good plan. But designing my own plan - not so good. I asked her why not just buy one of the fancy hose reels you can get, there are some really nice ones out there, but she's against the idea. She thinks I can make a better box. We'll see. So I'm challenging myself by putting out this post that I'm going to design, draw and build my sister her hose box. This should keep my feet to the fire. The basic look of the box is this: it's going to have 4 legs (how about that ---- a three legged box would just not do ), I want the box to be up off the ground about 2" maybe 3", have a bottom drawer that's about 5" high to store nozzles, gloves, etc., then the main box will be about 15 inches high. The box as a whole will be about 18 wide x. 20 high x 20 deep and it will have a lift off lid of 3/4 material that's rabbited 3/8" so that it lays on top of the box with a 3/8" lip. The back of the box will have a 1" hole to feed the hose to the tap. So that's my challenge. Whether I can manage it without pulling out all my hair or turning gray will be another story. Just for added pressure, I'm going to post this as a similar post under my Lumberjocks blog "woodworking as therapy" because while I feel I've found a new site home here, I have a lot of friends on LJ's that I want to stay in touch with. Hang on, it might be a bumpy ride!
March 18, 201214 yr Thanks for posting this! I will be following along trying to improve my Sketchup skills.Lew Kauffman-Wood Turners Forum HostTime traveler. Purveyor of the world's finest custom rolling pins!
March 18, 201214 yr I've tried using it a few times but never had a lot of success but I only looked at a few demonstrations.  I'll be following as well. Thanks for posting.
March 19, 201214 yr Well add me to the list of followers and learners. I can use it enough to get my blood pressure up. So as for therapy, I am not sure I can call it that yet. Thanks for posting it here, we will be keeping a close eye on the post.John MoodySite AdministratorJohn Moody Woodworkshttp://www.johnmoodywoodworks.com
March 19, 201214 yr Betsy I'm glad I'm not the only person that is Sketch Up deficient. Every time I use it I have to re-teach myself. I'll be watching too. Ron DudelstonSite HostAbove and Beyond WoodWorks
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