Building the Firebug

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b201734.jpg 2002:11:20 21:48:26
Planning first, calculating how much wood to get, and finding a place to get it. How many stringers can you get out of one plank?
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c011735.jpg 2002:12:01 07:00:56
On to cleaning out the cycle shed. This was before getting a cycle to the neighbours, but after throwing away lots of boxes, dusting off, and getting a heater, and radiocdplayer in. You need good music while you work ;-)
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Room enough for making the small parts. Before I started work, I moved the cycles out and turned on the heating. (It gets cold in winter in the Netherlands).
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c011737.jpg 2002:12:01 08:35:50
Peter Tait from FBHQ sent me a set of full scale drawings. That was a great idea, it saved lots of time. I marked out the patterns using the rader-wheel, and after that drawing over the points with a pencil. Be careful not to use the wheel over a part that will be visible from the outside as you will keep seeing the line after you finish.
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Practicing making wood-wood joints on scrap pieces of wood. I clamped the drill on the workbench to drill straight.
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