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I have been helping a lady at our woodclub who has an interest in 1/12 scale georgian dolls houses and associated furniture.
My query is that after seeing Buggyman and Ken's work here it is obvious I have to have a complete rethink on how I do things. their hummer, and coach build were enlighting and they seemed to manage that using ordinary tools one might expect to find in any well equiped workshop.
However, with 1/12 scale antique furniture the subject becomes even smaller which has told me the smaller the work the greater the increase in accuracy.
Needing small pieces of wood, as small as, 1/2 inch by 1 inch with all sides square and parralel is not an easy task.
can somebody point me in the direction of where to look for more information. I have found the steel set up blocks i got from Woodcraft a few years ago have been brilliant as a guide when gluing up.
But it is important to have square stock, any suggestions, as putting through table saw is not a good idea and cutting oversize and sanding, which is what I am doing now is very time consuming and still not quite accurate enough for me at the moment.
Pete
My query is that after seeing Buggyman and Ken's work here it is obvious I have to have a complete rethink on how I do things. their hummer, and coach build were enlighting and they seemed to manage that using ordinary tools one might expect to find in any well equiped workshop.
However, with 1/12 scale antique furniture the subject becomes even smaller which has told me the smaller the work the greater the increase in accuracy.
Needing small pieces of wood, as small as, 1/2 inch by 1 inch with all sides square and parralel is not an easy task.
can somebody point me in the direction of where to look for more information. I have found the steel set up blocks i got from Woodcraft a few years ago have been brilliant as a guide when gluing up.
But it is important to have square stock, any suggestions, as putting through table saw is not a good idea and cutting oversize and sanding, which is what I am doing now is very time consuming and still not quite accurate enough for me at the moment.
Pete