Back in action!!

Hello again!! Finally got around to doing some more progress to my R2 build. Let me say, that I read on the forums that it was easiest to just draw the pieces out. Well, while I was telling my neighbor across the street (Hi Dave!), he said "well heck, i'll just draw them up at work real fast, and print them out!" So.......with his help, he quickly printed my 3 sets of each diagram. I only have the 1/2" pieces so far, so thats all that he gave me. Here's some photos of the plans blown up!





Without a doubt, being able to cut the plan out, and trace it made things A LOT easier than it would have been otherwise. If you did this at like OfficeMax or something, it'd cost you an arm and a leg, however, if you have someone who can do it for free, you'd be CRAZY not to take advantage of it. So we set to work on some more pieces, and got them all cut and sanded tonight. Dave helped me through much of it, and without his knowledge, or tools, I am sure I would not get very far!! Here's a couple photos of some items that were being sanded!!




We are planning to do the dado cuts tomorrow, and complete the bigger outer ring and that should complete the 1/2" birch pieces. Here are some photos with my parts over the plans so you can see how good of a job we did! So far, their have been no screw ups!! Hopefully, things go as planned tomorrow and we'll be able to accomplish getting that outer ring done!!





As of right now, I have 15/22 pieces done (with the exception of the dado's, but thats fairly easy)......so far, this project as been a BLAST and I am so happy I decided to undertake it. I encourage anyone wanting to start an R2 to do their research, and ensure that this is something you're willing to stick to until completion. I researched from November, 2011 until June here before I decided I had enough knowledge (and money) to undertake such a project! It is NOT a quick project and is certainly something that will keep you busy for awhile, and you'll have fun in the meantime!!!

Hope to update soon!!!