Tonight I cut the pieces out of an A3 copy of the skeleton drawings and traced them onto 3mm MDF in preparation for cutting them later this week. The Dragon consists of 24 seperate pieces which will have to be individually cut. The spine is not on this board, because it is going to be cut from a piece of 6mm MDF to give it extra strength. The pieces are laid out in strips so that the wood can be rough cut using a table saw in order to make it easier to handle.
Each of the ribs and other symmetrical parts were cut from paper, folded in half and marked to indicate the center to both ensure that the parts are even on both sides and also to help allign the slots which will be cut into the parts to allow them to slot together.
The actual layout is slightly different because I decided not to place pieces within the ribs to make it easier to cut.
Each of the ribs and other symmetrical parts were cut from paper, folded in half and marked to indicate the center to both ensure that the parts are even on both sides and also to help allign the slots which will be cut into the parts to allow them to slot together.
The actual layout is slightly different because I decided not to place pieces within the ribs to make it easier to cut.
cutting layout for skeleton