Serenity - April 16 2006

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Now to start the outer section. I make a template of the shape I need

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I cut out a sample template (lower right) but the material is too thin so I start making another one using thicker material

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Errors happen and the lower 2 ones are mistakes before I get 2 right

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Then after I finally get one right I find out the thing does not fit. I forgot to take into account the material thickness. Hindsight is 20-20 and I should have used the above part to mark out the cut out

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Material is trimmed from the insert to prepare to use it as a cutting template

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Same with the other side

It has been fairly frustrating that I spent all that time on the templates and then making the cutout and then finding they do not fit. So I have to start again.

Scratch building can be annoying at times.