Most times when I need a quick drawing, Sketchup is NOT my first choice. A pencil and a scrap of paper or wood are the instruments of choice. However, I really like to use graph paper to help make the drawings readable and somewhat to scale. Buying graph paper can be expensive so I was very pleased when I received this link today in a newsletter. 

http://inspirationhut.net/printable-paper/

The site has lots of different types of paper in addition to graph paper.

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Lew Kauffman-
Wood Turners Forum Host

Time Traveler and Purveyor of the Universe's Finest Custom Rolling Pins!

That's cool Lew! I know what you mean, I love my graph paper and pencil for scale drawings.

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John Morris
The Patriot Woodworker

I use graph paper as that is what I used for all my sketches for the 11 years I was a home appraiser.

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Allen Worsham
Corona, CA

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'Graze in every man's field, but always give your own milk.'
J. Vernon McGee

“Our greatest fear should not be that we won’t succeed,
but that we will succeed at something that doesn’t matter.â€
D.L. Moody

Thanks a bunch, Lew. 

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Gene
'The true soldier fights not because he hates what is in front of him, but because he loves what is behind him.' G. K. Chesterton

Sketch-up for me is using a single good brain cell.     It will produce a "finished  picture" of what needs built.   About the most I use a pencil and paper for is measurements.     Keeping track of sizes as I go.   A "plan" for, say a five drawer Chest-of-drawers would be a column of numbers.   They are calling out the spacings of the drawers.     Maybe a few numbers for the other parts, as well.     Picture in the brain provides everything else....

Of course, I AM a little weird........

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Planer? I'm the 'planer', and these are what I use...

I know what you mean Lew. I would like to use SketchUp but it just takes me too long to get it going. I am sure if I spent just a little time with it I use it more to go to. I took drafting in school and it was pencil and paper and a T-Square.

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John Moody
Site Administratorhttp://www.johnmoodywoodworks.com
“Don’t make something unless it is both necessary and useful; but if it is both necessary and useful, don’t hesitate to make it beautiful.†Shaker Saying

Pencil, graph paper, a scale and sometimes a calculator.  All sitting on the shelf of my coffee/drafting table.

I downloaded SketchUp a couple of computers back. played with it for about an hour and that was it with that.

Thought it was neat and I'm sure a useful tool.... but I'm stuck with my old fashioned ways.

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