11-19-2017, 01:27 PM
I also did a test fit for most of the base parts. This is the bit that I got tripped up on when I tried to start assembling last spring. Now everything fits pretty much perfectly! Only one of Savage's sheets (the "grill" rings and 8 supports) were really far off, so the others are pretty close so I only had to recut the parts on that sheet. Fortunately it was only 3 kinds of parts, so that wasn't too bad. Unfortunately I'd spread them across several sheets so I needed different arrangements for the recut.
Note that one thing I did was tried to cut as many "rings" as I could in one part. Then I put the supports and vanes in the middle of those rings so I wouldn't waste too much space. (19 of the grill rings, the top grill ring, and "H1" are still split though). That made test fitting the bottom pretty smooth:
The tabs of the grill were really tight in the rounded part, I guess the kerf on those slots isn't as bad as I'd feared.
Note that one thing I did was tried to cut as many "rings" as I could in one part. Then I put the supports and vanes in the middle of those rings so I wouldn't waste too much space. (19 of the grill rings, the top grill ring, and "H1" are still split though). That made test fitting the bottom pretty smooth:
The tabs of the grill were really tight in the rounded part, I guess the kerf on those slots isn't as bad as I'd feared.