Finishing up the outlines

Over the last few days I finally got all of the outlines done on the wood.

I found a different method that seems to work a lot better so I started over and did all of the pieces again to make sure they were accurate.

Parchment paper for cooking/baking worked really well, it comes in a roll of 250' so for the pieces that are printed in full I copied them on to the parchment.

Once it is traced on to the parchment you just put it over the wood to find a good spot where it fits, then cover the wood with carbon paper and trace the outline on to the wood.

You cant see it in the picture above but I used green painters tape to tape down the sides so it does not move at all, the tape doesnt leave anything behind on the wood or paper.

Heres another shot of the same one.

The carbon outline is usually pretty light and hard to see so I go over it again on the wood with a black marker so it is easy to see when cutting.

Just a general shot of the work area

For the pieces on the plans that are only shown in half the parchment paper works great, I did the same thing as above to trace it on to the parchment paper, then just flip the paper, line up the center line on the plans with the one you already copied on to the parchment paper and then redraw it again and you have the full piece on the parchment paper. The main issue I had with going straight from the plans to the wood using carbon paper was lining up the two halves perfectly. This way it is already done and you just have to trace it on to the wood.

Same thing again, if everything turned out correctly just trace over the lines on the wood with marker and on to the next piece.

With the parchment paper I find it is really easy to line up several pieces on the same board easily without wasting space on the wood like I was before (pretty much had to guess where the other piece ended when trying to line everything up). This way just put the parchment paper outline over the wood, find a spot where it fits, then tape down the parchment paper on the sides only. If everything looks good I then slide the carbon paper underneath the parchment paper from the bottom or top, then tape down the top and bottom and trace away.

Repeat for all of the pieces. Now that I have all of the hard wood pieces traced out I rolled all of the parchment paper copies up together and will keep them in case I mess something up and need them again.

So I actually managed to get all of the parts for the frames outlined on the wood, didnt have time to cut them out yet but hopefully sometime in the next week I will get a chance. So far the plan seems to be cutting the outline out very roughly with a jig saw and then cleaning them up with the band saw and a belt sander.

I am guessing it will take quite some, dont have much experience with band saws or belt sanders so I will have to go slow to make sure I dont screw anything up.