I started a TF Spit using celing tile mounted to a 1" thick particle board. I switched to a magnet board based on caffeenman's design. I unfortunately paid through the nose for my sheet metal at the local hardware store.

I scored a 24" x 48" sheet with a 1/4" grid. This, I am now finding to be a bit overkill. A 1" or 1/2" grid would work out fine for me. One nice thing about the 1/4" grid is that it has just enough abrasiveness to true the edge of 1/16" balsa when edge glueing 3" wide sheets into larger sizes (hehe).

I bought 150 magnets from the source that caffenman mentions on his site. They are 1" x 13/16" ceramic with a 3/16" hole and two metal plates. I still need to make some more fixtures, particularly the hold down presses.

I used the magnet board for work on the fuselage of the spit, and also for a 4 star 40 that I have almost completed. I really like it, and will continue to use it on other projects.

Things that I would like to do or change would be, a longer sheet, perhaps 72" Right now I am set up in my home office. I plan on turning the two car garage into a shop. I want to place the build board on an island in the middle of the shop so I can have free and easy access from all sides.

Scott