Can't wait to get working on my coffee table - this has given me great pointers!

Finally! A person with a clear, intelligible voice that isn't saying UH after every 3 words! Thank you so much! Well done. I am subscribing to your channel. I will watch any of your videos. A breath of fresh air. Very easy to follow along. Thanks again. You very much appreciated.

Congrats to you and your daughter Sai for a very educational video. I really enjoyed your style of teaching....keep them coming please.

That just made my day... What a great tutorial, the struggle has ended!!!! Please make more.

I've had sketchup for 6 months or so and I have to say the way you tapered the leg was so much better than anything I have done previously. This is the first video of yours I have watched so I am very interested in seeing more. Thank you so much for making you and your daughters knowledge available.

James and Sai, you have done what thousands of other Sketchup videos could not do, make it so easy and clear to start making a table in minutes! I've started Sketchup three times and I'm in technology. They say third times a charm, I say success comes from Kings :) Well done and thanks!

Thank you for this video, and a special thank you to your daughter for taking the time to learn this and pass her knowledge on to us. I’m a beginner and you are quickly becoming my go to for all things woodworking. Thank you and your beautiful family for guiding me through this journey.

I just learned how to make some tables the fast track way. Love it. I can't wait for the rest of the series.

Thank you Sai so much! This helped me get over my issues when attempting to teach myself Sketchup!

That was super useful! Sai is both skilled and patient. No doubt you're a understandably proud dad! More of this please! Also thanks for the awesome videos. I'm just getting started in woodworking and your stuff is inspirational!

I learned sketch up years ago the old fashioned way of one tool at a time, y'all have taught me more in 20 minutes that I've learned over all the years. Thanks again!

As a newbie to Sketchup, it took me over an hour to do both versions of the coffee table. I have learned more in that hour than I did in days mucking around on my own. Thank You James.

Thank you, this was well done. You should definitely make more SketchUp videos.

I love the style of the tutorial, but there are a few missed (and pretty important) commands/keystrokes in the narration that can lead to massive frustration. for instance: creating the bevel in the top requires a modifier key (alt I think) in addition to just dragging; adding the mortise requires "opening" the component for editing by double-clicking it; something that isn't mentioned at all so that when people try to push the rectangle they drew into the component, it won't work. There are a few more but these were the two that really threw me. That said, I learned a lot. Thank you for the tutorial.

You’re a great teacher! I know you’re proud of your daughter. Thank you

Need more of these types of sketchup tutorials. I tried and failed at the current version but finding the old version made me much more comfortable. More more more! Love your channel!

Excellent tutorial James!! This has been very helpful to me. I enjoy all your videos and have learned a lot from them. I'd love to see more Sketch up tutorials, if you have time👍

The best intro tutorial for SketchUp, I have ever seen. You are as skilled at teaching as at woodworking.

Absolutely would love to see more videos on this program. Thank you for all your hard work!! 👍👍👍😎🇨🇱

Of all the Sketchup tutorials I have seen, most of them recommend installing the older version. I have never found how to do this. Yours is the first to show how to get that older version. Thank you and please have Sai keep working on these tutorials.

This is great would love to have more of this series

Awesome tutorial. Please make more tutorials. Sai you are a genius!

Outstanding tutorial - taught me things I hadn't tried or knew about. Thank you!

Your simple navigation on where to find the free version saved me! Thank You!

I hope you follow through with the series of Sketch-upvideos! This one was a super introduction!

Outstanding!! Thank you. Have been struggling with Sketch Up. Would love more tutorials!!

Thanks King family. I've tried using Sketchup in the past and never even knew their was a setting for working with wood. Keep them coming please !!!

This is the best, most practical SketchUp tutorial I've seen. And I've watched A LOT of them.

Several people have commented on having trouble with the bevel on the underside of the table, and was having the same issue. After lots of trial and error and a clue from @matt welch, this is what finally worked for me. 1. Deselect everything. 2. Select the four bottom outside borders of the tabletop. 3. Select the move tool (or press "M"). 4. While holding the alt key, drag one of the corners up and release the mouse. I found that with how thin the tabletop was, I either had to be zoomed in really far or else just drag all the way up to the corner (making the bevel go all the way to the top). Release the mouse button, then type in ".5" and hit enter. If someone can enlighted us on how to do this without having to select all four borders individually (or, conversely, how to to it without having to manually deselect the four borders of the offset rectangle), that would be great. Aside from this one kind of huge issue, this is a great video. Thank you!

Very well done. next turn that into a measured drawing for cutting wood.

Man, you know the lesson is good when you can follow it along easily just listening to the video without having to watch it (useful when you only have one screen) and I'm not even a native English speaker. Keep up the good work man, it helps a lot. Thank you from Brazil.

I agree with continuing this series. I learned so much. Thank you.

I struggled to push the mortis rectangle into the leg. It would only pull. After some searching around, I discovered the following: The leg is a component (remember making it a component after creating it?). You need to "edit" the component. What this means is that there are black lines forming a sort of frame around the piece. If you double click it, this frame will appear. Then, create your rectangle using the guidelines, shift it into place and you should be able to push it into the solid leg. I won't even go into the struggles I had with the tabletop bevel. No explanation about _how_ to deselect everything but the four lines around the object. I tried shift, ctrl, ctrl + shift... and ended up starting with nothing selected, holding shift and going around to click each of the perimeter lines. It still took a long time to work out how to make the bevel work equally around the whole tabletop. -.- Aside from these snags, it's a comprehensive tutorial and teaches some valuable shortcuts. Converting inches to usable measurements (mm) was a task in itself. :) I also figured out that O is the orbit tool, as my middle mouse button was not doing anything.

I've been trying to learn how to use Sketch Up for quite a while now, and this was really helpful for learning how to understand the use and manipulation of the various tools, etc. My computer's operating system is not new enough to run this 2017 version of Sketch Up, so I've been using the even older version Sketch Up 8. It's plenty powerful (for me) and meets all my needs (if I could just learn how to use it!)...so was wondering if these same basic instructions might also apply to Sketch Up 8? Everyone claims it's 'easy' but I've become somewhat frustrated with the learning curve on my own, and by watching other people's videos. Explaining the 'how to use' and the 'manipulation' of the various tools really helps a lot, and most people don't do that in enough detail, or they go way too fast. Thank you for this video, and I hope to see more from you about learning Sketch Up!

Wow I’ve been learning SketchUp on my own for about 3 months and I feel like this video really showed me a lot of the smaller features that would have taken me forever to discover on my own. Thanks so much!

You and Sai are a blessing to me. Thank you for all the tutorials you have provided. GREAT job.

Your daughter should have her own channel teaching this

Hi James, Love the video, does this older version allow you to add measurements and a cut list? PJ

thank you so much for showing me this! i never thought i would be able to learn this program but you have made it easy!

Great video, I would like to see more in this series too. Thank you James and Sai. Especially how you get from a plan to a cut list with pieces of wood or sheets of ply.

Tried to use the software twice before with no real success. 20 min here and I'm up and running. Great approach to teaching the basics.

Any possibility of making a video of how you go from sketch up to final product? My question is how do you get all the dimensions, your cut list, and all of the angles you need to cut for the tapered top and legs?

You are a very good teacher, I have watched lots of your videos and built a version of your extreme assembly table. I also am in the middle of making a version of your miter station. I think what I like the most about your style of teaching is the way you build the students confidence along the way. The hardest part is always starting and now it's not. Thanks Matt

Thank you so much! I was literally just looking into a program I could use to plan out my builds. I will definitely go and use this information right away and install sketch up on my computer. Thank you for the wonderful tutorial. I look forward to more videos on using this program. Thank you, thank you, thank you!!!!

Awesome tutorial on sketch up. I have been wanting to use sketch up, and haven't found a video that explains it as you do. However, I did have one issue I was unable to get past. Around the 18:02 minute mark where you do the underside of the table top, I could not get past that part. I was having issues with selecting the whole underside to make the adjustments. I would appreciate any help with this. Once again good job to you and Sai. Looking forward to future videos.

When using "Move" to bevel the table top, I am not seeing a blue line to "go straight up." Is this a trick not explained here?

Best tutorial out there! I was hesitant about your teaching style, but as you said, the most effective way to learn this is by jumping in- I hope you make many more like this.

This is something I've always wanted to learn. Thank you and more, please.

How to do the bevel feature at 18:00 in the video. This is glossed over, but I figured out precisely how it is being done. #1 press "space bar" to enter the select mode, then double-click into the space at the bottom of the table between the outer edge and the newly-created offset edge (the inner edge). This will select (and highlight) the outer edge, the inner edge, and the flat area between. Our goal is to have only the outer edge selected. #2 While holding "shift" button, double-click on the bottom of the table inside of the highlighted region already selected. Now you'll have all the bottom surface selected: the outer edge, the inner edge, and all of the bottom surface. While you're holding "shift" the mouse cursor will have a +- beside it. This is key because you are adding and subtracting from your selection. #3 While still holding "shift" button, double-click on the bottom of the table at the same place you double-clicked in #2. Because this was already selected, this de-selects both the inner area and the inner loop. When you're done this you will have selected only the outer edge and that outer area. #4 While still holding "shift" button, single-click on that outer area of the bottom surface. This de-selects that area. At the end of this you will have strictly the outer edge of the bottom of the table selected (and highlighted). If you make any mistake, let go of "shift" and click somewhere off the table to reset the selection group to nothing, and start over at #1 again. #5 With strictly that bottom edge selected, press "m" for move. Now click whichever corner of the bottom of the table is handy. Now you have to press "cursor up". This locks the movement direction to strictly up & down (along the blue axis). Incidentally the other options are "cursor left" (locks movement along the green axis) or "cursor right" (locks movement along the red axis). As you move the mouse up & down it will say "On Blue Axis" to show you that the movement is locked to the vertical direction. Now type in 0.5 and press "enter" to cause the bevel to be 1/2" upwards. And that's it!

"deselct everything" try to do that for 5min

I know there are other tutorials out there but I really appreciate it coming from someone I watch all the time and looking forward to more in the future. Thanks again!

Thank you so much for this great tutorial! I have made several attempts at working with SketchUp and have not been successful, but your approach makes it much clearer and, hopefully, will make me more successful. Please continue with the tutorials. I look forward to being productive with this tool. I am impressed that Sai could be self-taught and will look to her for inspiration. Thanks again.

Thank you so much for this. I would love to see more in this series.

Your Daughter is a genius!! I had to watch this video many many times and pause, try, unpause, pause, try ..... Thanks for the info!

I always consider myself proficient with SketchUp but in a half hour video I learned two new things. Big thanks to Sia and please keep them coming.

This is great! I'd love a series on it. Thanks so much for putting this quick tutorial.

A simple yet effective presentation that has given me a great start to get my projects underway. Thanks for the work guys,👍.

Dude, you and your daughter rock. I have looked at several other tutorial videos and attempted this before without any success. After the first 12.5 mins of watching this video (minus pausing and rewinding a few times), I was able to complete the first table. Thank you so much for this tutorial and please keep making more and showing us how to add measurements for actual wood cuts.

Thank you. This is one of the best learning of sketch up that I have seen. Actually will be trying to replicate the lesson.

Outstanding!! Sure hope you can make more of these. Really appreciate this video. Thanks so much. Respectfully Jim

Brilliant!! I've struggled to use Sketchup before to do something like this - you made it easy!!

I have watched many Sketchup videos, and this is the best most clear I have seen. Thank you for starting with installing a great version in the first place. That type of "table setting" makes the entire video even better. Well done!

Outstanding Tutorial, I would love to see more on SketchUp. I have used SketchUp for years but your tutorial was the best I have seen, really enjoyed it. Thank You.

Thank you James for showing us with this tutorial. I downloaded the web version not knowing that older version is more powerful. Haven't tried yet and now with this tutorial I will learn how to use it. Looking forward for more sketch up tutorials!

First of all, you have an incredible daughter! Secondly, I love your way of teaching. To the point and you don’t ramble. Thank You!👍🏾👍🏾👍🏾

Very much appreciated! I hope you’ll keep ‘em coming!

Yes! Please make more of these. This was an excellent tutorial. Very effective and understandable!

This is a great tutorial. Thank you! Would love to see more videos in this series. You've inspired me to download Sketch Up and try it myself.

Just wanted to give you a huge THANK YOU for this video! Newer to woodworking, brand new to design. Everyone talked about this program and after watching this I have a firm and comfortable framework for how to make my own designs. Looking forward to more in this series :)

Love this. I have been struggling with learning sketch up thank you. I would love more instruction videos.🙏

Huge help in understanding the functions in Sketchup. I fumble my way through but this will definitely help in my use. Thanks Sai and James!

I have to commend you on being such a good father. not only are you a very skilled woodworker but such a great father in having your kids work with you and now really coming into their own as very helpful additions to your work. I know what it is to serve an apprenticeship and after all the learning time there comes a time when you really feel useful and productive in your work in becoming apart of the workforce or company. BRAVO TO YOUR KIDS and to You Too.

Thank you. I have been meaning to sit down and learn sketchup. This is one of the better introductions i've seen.

This was so much more helpful than any other sketch up videos I’ve seen. Please keep them coming!

James, great start-up tutorial~! I've been using SketchUp for years, but I always pick up tips and tricks from others. The tapering method you demonstrated was new to me, so thanks for that~! I would definitely tune in for further videos such as this. I'll claim to know a lot about SketchUp, but not everything~! Thanks much~!

YES! MORE MORE MORE! Well done!! Thank you!

This was so helpful! I have been wanting to learn SketchUp but didn't know where to start. It seemed a bit overwhelming. Thanks to you and Sai for demystifying it and giving me a place to begin. I am sure hopeful that you will continue doing more SketchUp tutorials!!!

Thank you, never got quite this far in Sketchup despite trying a couple of times already. I'll keep following if you make more.

I thank you all so much I been trying to learn this sketchup for years and I watch this video and now I’m sketching .I understand now and still learning 🙏🏾thank you so much

Thank you so much for this. I've been wanting to learn sketchup for months but lacked the confidence in my ability to learn it. You and your daughter make a great teaching team

Thanks James. I have been struggling with this. Awesome way to teach! I agree.

Yes, please more sketch up tutorials. Your style of teaching is great.

Have seen many ‘how to’ Sketch Up Videos but yours is the one that works for me, I don’t need to know how to strip down the individual parts of an engine to drive a car, just show how to do what I need to do. I can’t wait to get home and try this out and watch some more episodes. THANKYOU!!

Yes please more more more!! I'm trying to learn the free version the last few days. Thanks for this

The tip about Sketchup Make 2017 vs. the browser version was golden. Thank you!

James I hope you and your daughter keep making more of these SketchUp videos they are very helpful and informative, I have struggled with trying to teach myself the program. It is probably the old dog new trick problem all over again. Thanks again keep up the good work.

4:15 totally appreciate it! Afterall people can pause this versus being in a live classroom

This was the best starter video I've come across! I feel ready to make my first sketchup

Well, this is great...now I’m not afraid of downloading and learning it. Please give a HUGE thank you to your daughter 😃🙏

Well done! You gave me the training wheels I needed to get me started.

Great job, I'm going to give SketchUp another try. You have no idea how helpful it was to have you start from the very beginning, especially what version to use. Much appreciated!

exactly what ive been looking for. highly recommended for beginners. easy to understand. love your style.

❗️Fantastic ❗️ Thank you so much Sai and James, a job well done. I really appreciate both of you doing this, it is very helpful and clearly explained. Please keep doing these tutorials. ❤️LTKs❤️

Thank you James, thank you Sai... You are all very kind persons. Really appreciate your contributions.

Absolutely a great video. I've been using SketchUp for years and you taught me at least 3 new things. One thing viewers might have problem with is entering "10,20" for a rectangle - this might not work if you haven't set your system up to use US style measurements, units and currency. Instead, this might work: "10;20" - this will especially be relevant to european Mac users. Other tips: Circles do not accept radii below 0.5mm - to get around this, draw a circle with the radius 100 times larger (eg. 30), then use push/pull as needed and group it as an object. Now use the Scale tool to scale it, enter "0.1", press return. Scale it again, enter "0.1" and press return. You now have a cylinder with radius 0.3mm. Also "intersect with selection" has a lot of problems with small radii. Again, draw 100 times larger, then scale down. (This especially solves problems when you have two 3mm diameter cylinders / rods that you want to intersect - sometimes you might need to make them 1000 times larger and scale down by 0.1 three times). "Intersect with selection" allows you to "drill" a round hole in a round cylinder. You can do this by moving one cylinder into the other cylinder, then click the round face of one cylinder, shift-click the round face of the other cylinder, right-click and choose "intersect -> with selection". Remove the unwanted faces of the "drill cylinder" and you're left with a round hole through or halfway through the cylinder. You still need to make sure your cylinders are large (preferrably larger than 100mm radius). There are KZfaq videos about this, but they do not mention the radius problem. "Follow Me" also have problems; especially with making circles into spheres. I haven't found a complete solution; it seems there are always holes in two "ends" of the sphere. Note: I'm using SketchUp 7 and SketchUp 8, so you can make all my tips work with even older versions.

Thank you 🙏🏻 Been trying to learn how to use SketchUp, now this video has definitely guided me the best way. Your teaching & explaining is very helpful. 👍🏻

Thank you, Thank you, Thank you. Sai and James this is an excellent tutorial and I can wait until the next one. I was having a lil trouble with sketch up and this will help out tremendously. Thank you both.

I would love to see more of these, Awesome tutorial!

WOW! I've tried all the other sketchup tutorials and yours is by far the best and easiest to learn by - THANK YOU! Yes, I would like to see more. Thank you again!

Thanks for your great videos and sharing your knowledge. Love seeing your family working with you, too!