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Paddler Modelling => Construction => Topic started by: Eddy Matthews on May 17, 2006, 08:28:52 AM
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I have to make some window frames (wooden) for a model I'm working on, but lots of the corners aren't at a simple 90 degree angle, some may be 110 degrees, others will be 92 degrees etc etc....
So what it the best way to get neatly fitting corners? What methods do you guys use?
This model (not a paddler admittedly), was the one of the last boats I started to build before my mum died two years ago, and I intend naming it after her - So it HAS to look right!
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if you already have the openings, make a template of each opening to work with building the frames. Take a pencil and mark across the center of the opening through each corner. You just need to make a mark at the corners. These will be the angles you'll need. Lay your working stock in place and mark your angle, cut it then carefully do one piece at a time until you have all pieces cut to make a frame. I use what is called a chopper to cut my frames. It uses a razor blade.
By the way. Be sure you have your finished frame marked for which window it fits. It can get confusing.
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Eddy any more information or a photo. The Lory J. has 5 windows on the lower level in front, I have a hard making two details the same. On these five windows I made a template that was the exact size of one window and when I cut the window openings I made them to accept the template. When I made the windows I made a fixture that fit the template. I end up with 5 windows and five openings that let you interchange any window in any hole.Eddy this is a shot in the dark to assist you. Give me more details and remember there many different ways to solve any problem. I did this on the freeing ports also. Each freeing port is hinged.
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