Playhouse Rocketship - Part 5

Early in the evening, Lauren took a quick trip out to the workshop with me and I glued up the rocket motor blanks while she played with some scrap wood and sawdust. Too bad the camera batteries died before I could get her picture :(

Later that night I finished cutting out all the quarters that will form the ribs of the rocket. The process went like this :

• trace master template onto plywood
• rough cut blank from plywood with jigsaw or bandsaw
• use pin nailer to attach two blanks, then pin the master template onto the top blank
• use bandsaw to get with 1/8-1/16 of the template
• over to the router to use a straight cutting bit with a bearing guide to cut right to the template
• disassemble and remove pins with pliers

Took about 10 minutes per set of two blanks once all the pieces were rough cut.



Lastly I put a coat of primer onto the rocket motors using a disposable foam brush. I'm tired of cleaning brushes.