bobandlucy

4 hours ago, kurtvd19 said:

You can also use the one piece bottom provided.  Please do yourself a favor and read the instructions all the way through before you glue a single part together.  I always tell newbies this is always step #1.

You can weight the center piece on top of a piece of glass or wax paper and put a bit of glue on one of the side pieces, push them together and weight the 2nd piece till the glue cures.  Repeat with the third piece.  I have a metal assembly fixture with magnets for this kind of work but weights work just as well.

 

 

Thanks, Kurt. I Just used my fingers, but will try weights next time. I am keeping up with the instructions, but as you say, did not want to glue before I know what I was doing. Onward!

Bob

Thanks to both of you In the meantime I had figured it out, that finger pressure would do for this step (done). But I veered off into the subject of edge-gluing planks in general. These instructions call  for edge-gluing on both sides and bottom planks. But I read that not everyone does this? Thanks again, Bob

Hi, Keith. Thanks for this build log. I'm starting this model with no experience. The very first step confuses me. The instructions say to glue the three bottom planks together, and then glue the cleats to the bottom planks. How might I clamp the three planks together? From your picture the only glue I see is along the cleats. . .

Thanks very much, Bob