Place another 48-inch sheet onto the cradle, this
time aligned with the front of the cradle as shown.
Be sure to leave a little over hang (3/8ths) on the
front just as you did with the rear.
Make a line on the front sheet right where the back
sheet assembly crosses underneath. Cut the sheet on
this line and then put back into position on the
cradle. Don’t worry about making a perfect fit just
yet.
Take another sheet of 48-inch piece and place
behind the front sheet as shown. Again make a line
where the separation will be and cut the balsa to fit.
Now you will have two sheets aligned with the
front and two aligned with the rear of the cradle.
Take a sheet of the 36 x 4 x 1/8
th
inch sheet balsa
and perform the same step as above, keeping the
grain parallel with the front sheeting.
36” Balsa sheet goes here.
Make a mark at the root end of these three sheets
allowing approximately a ¼ inch over hang as
before and then cut the ends off. (NOTE: These
pictures do not show the ends cut off but you should
do so in order to get the lengths correct now)
Use these three pieces as templates to make three
more of each of them as before and place the copies
aside for now
Join the three front sheets and use a long sanding
block to make the bottom edge of this assembly
straight so that it will have a good fit when joined
with the bottom assembly.
Join the two assemblies together and use scrap to
fill the little void in between them.
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