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@RepeatedMeme Thank you! Appreciate it!   Recently my order of 18mm ply arrived. I used a cut list optimiser website to lay out the cuts required. I used the file provided by @Peekaymac to see what I needed and where. It’s a fantastic resource! Once I had the pieces cut out, I laid out my base. I went to the trouble of laying the whole thing out on the “other” large panel left over from the 4x8, and wondered why it didn’t fit! Got there in the end.    Then I just cut it out with a jigsaw.   Here’s all my pieces “laid out” where they will eventually go!   As I don’t have any fancy saws, I designed these 3D printed jigs, with the intention being to simply use a tenon saw to cut the wood at an angle. Seems simple! Alas, it didn’t really work out. The jig kept shifting and the cuts weren’t nice. I wasn’t happy, so I bit the bullet and purchased a circular saw with a tilting deck. Never turn down the chance for a new tool!   As has been demonstrated in the past, my carpentry skills are not as great as some on this site! Indeed the fender is a rather complex piece for a novice carpenter, if I even meet that bar. Monkey with a saw seems to fit better!   I bevelled the edges of the base, initially with the hand saw and then with the circular saw after I bought it. I also bevelled the edges of the fender pieces, but this is where things started to go awry.    I don’t really feel very happy with the fender pieces. The cuts aren’t totally straight and things feel a bit all over the place. I was thinking of starting over, or altering the angles of the cut to make them easier. IE; not “proper” wood joints, but with more material than needed removed on each side, and then just mounting on the 0°/45°/90° brackets. Not sure which way to take it 😕   Either way, I’m sure there’ll be more filler involved…    Till next time!

Welcome to the Forum!   What type of Dalek might the two of you be thinking of creating?   It's always good to read a few completed build diaries on the kind of Dalek you will be making to see how it all fits together. A couple of build diaries from Adam_ST have indexes - his NSD and his Classic diary, so you can instantly go to the Dalek part that you are curious about at the moment. [The underlined words are linked to the diaries. A dotted underline means that, if you hover your cursor on the word, you get a pop-up definition. )   I look forward to seeing you start a build diary of your own!    

Haha love it. Some nice touches too it. 👍