The easiest way is to get the plans copied, making sure the copy is exactly 100% size in both directions. Cut the part out of the copy of the plan and use 3M 77 spray or Elmer's Repositionable glue stick and stick the cutout on the wood with the grain aligned the right way and cut the wood to the copy, leaving just a bit, IE cut to the line but not into it. Once the part is cut out, then sand to the line. Peal the paper off and you have a part.

I have tried to use carbon paper and trace the part onto the wood, but that doesn't work very well as you cant tell when the wood shifts a bit and the line is way less that something you can work with.

Before cutting, you want to lay out a s many parts of the same thickness as you can on a stock sheet of wood. You can save 30% to maybe 50% of your wood cost if you do the Nesting well.

As for tools, if you don't have a band saw, or a Scroll saw, you can get by with a Coping saw with the finest blade you can get. I'm an ex Jeweler, so I use one of my jewelers saws with a very fine blade. The jewelers blades break quite easily, and theycan get alittle expensive if you are not carefully with them.

When I first started building I would snag one of my dad's double edge razor blade to cut out my Comet kits. Many a cut finger later, I discovered breaking the blade in half and covering what was the center with tape and I had an almost friendly blade. They didn't work very well on the hard wood in the kits and I was forever breaking parts, but that gave me a lot of repair experience for later in life and a lot of enjoyment.

If you arecareful, and have moderate wood working skills, you will do quite well cutting your own.

Don
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