You know that thing they say about measure twice and cut once? Well I've measured 6 times and I am still off. Not that much about 1/16 or less. Didn't compensate for the width of the circular saw blade. I like my circular saw I truly do. It works most of the time. The new thing in my arsenal of power tools is my Dremel it now has a cutting wheel that cuts wood. I ran (ok walked sedately, ok drove my car) over there and picked one up for a reasonable sane cost. Although I have a serious hard on for a set of cutting wheels by Dura Grit. That bad boy seems to do everything and it comes in a set of 5 or 7 blades. It's a little expensive but I am seriously thinking of acquiring it.
I don't particularly care for doing stuff on line, but getting the house up and running seems to be a study of learning from online sources. I've picked up the wood for the furniture, the cabinetry as well as some of the downloads for wall paper and flooring. I've purchased (Thank goodness for A. C. Moore) popsicle sticks for a multitude of projects concerning the house which include furniture, windows, doors, stair well and patio doors. I've managed to acquire some lexan although it is a little to thick for the purpose of windows it was cheaper then the acrylic sheets being offered and I got two of them so they are going to become glass inserts that require them.
To date: The sides and floors have been cut, The stair well has been cut out. I've purchased triangle beading for the stairs to the second story of the house. I've made some head way in and I've made a few attempts of making windows. They were not successful but then I'm learning as I go. I've started acquiring things for the lighting and discovered that I don't have to use the expensive transformers that are out there I can get one from a local source and avoid that shipping charge and hit the beach as well for an hour of relaxation and contemplating the joys of building this monstrosity. It at present is 2 sheets of plywood that are 42 3/8" in length and 16 3/8" in width. pieces of plywood cut to 29"x 16", which has the roof peaks on each side. I've purchased wooden coffee stirrers which will give me random width wood flooring along with the popsicle sticks they are fortunately the same width and once glued on a sheet of either mat board or 110lbs card stock to fit the floor and stained I should have beautiful wood floors in my doll house.
As most doll houses have a name, I've named mine the Money Pit. :)
I don't particularly care for doing stuff on line, but getting the house up and running seems to be a study of learning from online sources. I've picked up the wood for the furniture, the cabinetry as well as some of the downloads for wall paper and flooring. I've purchased (Thank goodness for A. C. Moore) popsicle sticks for a multitude of projects concerning the house which include furniture, windows, doors, stair well and patio doors. I've managed to acquire some lexan although it is a little to thick for the purpose of windows it was cheaper then the acrylic sheets being offered and I got two of them so they are going to become glass inserts that require them.
To date: The sides and floors have been cut, The stair well has been cut out. I've purchased triangle beading for the stairs to the second story of the house. I've made some head way in and I've made a few attempts of making windows. They were not successful but then I'm learning as I go. I've started acquiring things for the lighting and discovered that I don't have to use the expensive transformers that are out there I can get one from a local source and avoid that shipping charge and hit the beach as well for an hour of relaxation and contemplating the joys of building this monstrosity. It at present is 2 sheets of plywood that are 42 3/8" in length and 16 3/8" in width. pieces of plywood cut to 29"x 16", which has the roof peaks on each side. I've purchased wooden coffee stirrers which will give me random width wood flooring along with the popsicle sticks they are fortunately the same width and once glued on a sheet of either mat board or 110lbs card stock to fit the floor and stained I should have beautiful wood floors in my doll house.
As most doll houses have a name, I've named mine the Money Pit. :)
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