Thanks Dave,
I did find a few things that I could do more efficiently using features that I don't commonly use. For instance, when laying out the dovetails, in order to reproduce the spacing and size that you had drawn, I found that dividing the end line into segments facilitated the process. When I am drawing dovetails in Sketchup, I do it like I normally do in the shop, not like I did here. I tend to use varying size dovetails in my work, and I lay them out by eye. I generally do it that way in Sketchup. So, this process refreshed my memory on a feature that I don't use too much. I also used the plugin that locates the center of a surface to center the dowel hole, dowel, etc. That is another function that I don't use very often, so it is always useful to be reminded that features and plugins exist that make things easier.
The drawing was pretty straight forward though. It didn't take me too long to do, but I did have to back track a couple of times when I realized that I had some incorrect dimensions.
As far as the hole in the nut, that is a good pick up. I didn't think that you would let that slide.:wink_smil I actually noticed it just as I was finishing up, and then got sidetracked, and forgot about it until after I had exported the JPEG. It's good to see that you are looking at these drawings carefully, to say the least. :gar-Bi
By the way, I hope you appreciated the fact that I used one of your styles, the graphite 7.
Thanks for taking the time to do this. I have learned a lot from your Sketchup blog, and I look forward to more critiques in this forum.
Matt