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11. My plywood model holder. Other models probably need other solutions and these need to be thought out beforehand.


14) I usually rough carve down to about 1/16-inch from the fi nished size with some of the tools in Figure 15; a couple of small planes and an assortment of “Micro Planes”—rasp-like tools available in several shapes and in both fi ne and coarse grades. T ese are less aggressive than traditional woodworking rasps and leave a smoother surface. Find them on the web at us.microplane.com, in some larger woodworking outlets, or on eBay. I check oſt en with my templates and renew the station lines (at least at the ends) while roughing out the blank.


12. My DRI “Vunder Vise”.


Before I started carving, I laid out all fourteen station lines on the blank along with the outboard edges of the deck and some other information, all from Martin’s drawings, and made templates of each one of the stations. (Figure 13) I did the carving with everything mounted on my drill press table. (Figure


To refi ne to the fi nal shape a few more tools come in handy. Perma-Grit abrasives have tungsten carbide grains brazed to a steel core and come in several sizes and grits. (Figure 16) Perma-Grit’s website is www. permagrit.com and some of the tools can be found on eBay. Sandpaper on assorted sanding blocks is an alternative. One last tool I use for fi nal shaping is the little spokeshave in Figure 17. Some X-Acto sets


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