Wednesday, 2 December 2009

Making the Ribs

Making the ribs is actually quite straightforward once you have the templates.

I bought some hard 1.5mm balsa as the traditional quarter grain balsa for ribs doesn't seem to be about. Cut lots of blanks, bolt them together, razor plane, sanding block, file and it's job done.




1. Blanks, templates, nuts and bolts ready to be assembled








2. The block ready for shaping








3. Work in progress








4. Ready to be dismantled








5. The finished items, numbered and ready to go.





That's one set done. Now to repeat the whole procedure, remembering to make a set for the opposite panel.

No comments:

Post a Comment