Cutting out the panels

Next stage was to cut out the panels themselves. In the mean time my parents had very generously bought me an early birthday present of an electric plane and jigsaw.

I desperately wanted to get the panel cutting done as I was about to undergo some shoulder surgery which would put me out action for a while so full steam ahead. The first panels cut out were used as templates to create the remaining ones required.

Once all the panels were cut out they were matched up and clamped ready for planing in one go.

The planer is very good at creating flat surfaces but is no good for planing down concave surfaces. For this I borrowed a spoke shave which did the job really well.