Sunday, July 8, 2018

Outer Feet Part 2


The next part of the feet is the trim piece along the bottom. I started this with a piece of pine cut on the table saw to the right thickness and angles.

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I glued these pieces together and used some small nails in a nail gun to tack them together.

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Once the glue was dry I glued them to the bottom of the foot shells I showed in my last post. I put two thin screws into the center plywood web to hold the trim on until the glue dried.

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With the frame complete I started on the details along the bottom part. Below you can see the paper template I cut from the full sized plans.

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I then used that template to markup the styrene for the part.

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Finally I cut out the part. Two important notes about doing this. First I cut out the rectangular areas first before cutting it off the sheet because it makes it easier to hold the part as you cut. I also left the piece long on both ends and will cut it to size later so I am sure if fits the foot properly.

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I could have attached this piece directly to the foot, but I found it was easier, and provided a cleaner result if I first glued this to a very thin piece of styrene and then glued the entire assembly to the foot. Here is the part being glued to the backing.

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Here it is being glued to the foot shell.

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Here is the foot shell with the trim pieces all attached. For the corners I used styrene glue to attach the pieces together and the sanded them smooth.

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