KatFord Posted July 14, 2019 Share Posted July 14, 2019 I introduced myself roughly 5 yrs ago. I had The Aster that I purchased many years ago and never unboxed (we moved a LOT in those early years). I finally unboxed it 4 years ago and came in here to learn and build. However, the wood was really dry and brittle after so many years making it very difficult to work with. I did get the shell built and put an eggshell foundation on it. But then we moved again right after I started construction. Now, many of the pieces are missing, and during the move, the second-floor cracked. I decided to order a new one instead of trying to figure out how to fix this one. So, any suggestion on where. can go to see a how-to start to finish? I saw another post talking about dry fitting??? That seems to be the most difficult part, which steps to do at what point. Anyway, I'm now in Minnesota, if anyone is around would love to chat! Kim Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
havanaholly Posted July 15, 2019 Share Posted July 15, 2019 Welcome back home, Kim. The whole point of dry fitting before you commit to glue is to figure out the instructions and whether you will need to deviate from them to build the way that's comfortable for you. I find that starting with the foundation and then the walls works best for me; once the basic shell/ carcase is together with tape I can look at it and figure out what goes where and have conversations with it. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KatFord Posted July 15, 2019 Author Share Posted July 15, 2019 Hey, Holly! Thanks, so you just fit it with just tape?? Makes sense actually, I tend to jump right in and that is what caused the problem to begin with. I'll give dry fitting a try this time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
havanaholly Posted July 15, 2019 Share Posted July 15, 2019 You don't have to put the entire house into dry fit all at once, although with a smaller house, like the Aster, it's probably easier; I do tend to put the whole carcase together in dry fit because I want to see what I'll have to decorate before I glue it up, since usually I just decorate as I go along. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mesp2k Posted July 17, 2019 Share Posted July 17, 2019 Welcome back Kim 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shannonc60 Posted July 17, 2019 Share Posted July 17, 2019 Welcome back! Moreminis has blogged her building of the Aster: https://moreminis.blogspot.com/ 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KatFord Posted July 20, 2019 Author Share Posted July 20, 2019 On 7/17/2019, 4:10:17, shannonc60 said: Welcome back! Moreminis has blogged her building of the Aster: https://moreminis.blogspot.com/ Thanks for the link! Great to see how someone else put this together! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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