Quick and easy wood working.

[snitcythedog]

I have always found wood structures to fiddly.  You end up gluing your fingers to the wood, and even when complete, the parts usually are pretty weak.  This technique should help you quickly and easily build sturdy wood structures.
First draw the structure to scale on graph paper. 

Then take a clip board and put a sheet of wax paper over the graph paper and clip it in place.

Next you mark your first piece of wood to be cut directly off the sketch. 

Cut the wood, and glue it with wood glue to the wax paper.  Let this piece dry since it will anchor all other parts of the construction. 

Build from one corner out and complete the structure in the direction shown on the image.

When the whole piece is completed, reinforce all joints with a dab of glue.  Give this a few minutes and then dab off the excess with a damp paper towel. 

Let the whole part set for about an hour.  Then carefully peal off the wax paper.

Sand rear of the part and use a hobby knife to trim any dry puddles of glue that might have attached to the wood. 

There you have it.  My way of building quick and easy wood structures.  Hope you like.
Snitchy sends.

[magokiron]

This seems to be REALLY USEFUL, quick, simple, and effective.

Good tutorial, brilliantly explained and with enough pics to make all cristal clear.

I'm sure this will be applied by a lot of LAF readers in future scenery projects.

I know I will.

Thanks for sharing.

[syrinx0]

Nice tip. Never occurred to me to do this for building models though I have used similar methods  for many of my kids scout projects.