Wednesday, July 23, 2014

ASP Corporal Build, Part 5, Tunnel Shaping

The tunnel pieces are cut to size.
The 3/16" square pieces are cut to 8 1/4" long. The two 1/8" square sticks are cut to 4 1/2" long.

The tops are rounded off.
Initial shaping as done with 220 grit on a block. The block helps keep the shape consistent.


The ends get an egg or elliptical shape.
Mark a center line with pencil and sand the ends round centering  towards the pencil line.
The end tops are sanded to a half round with the block.
Knock off any squared edges hand sanding with 400 grit.

The inset picture shows the two tunnels back to back (root edge to root edge). This is an easy way to check the consistency of the end shaping.
After you check both sides, flip the top tunnel over and check it again against the lower tunnel.

No comments:

Post a Comment