Nailing the butt plate to the side panels

Emily and Larkin nailing the first butt plate to the side panel. They are nailing on the side of the panel that will become the outside. The nails are a little long for two layers of 1/4" plywood, but they bend over just fine.
Tip: remember that you can bend the nail over so it is laying down with the grain of the wood, this way there will be fewer strands of wood fiber that stop the tail of the nail from laying down.

Butt plate goes down

Getting ready to glue the first butt plate. They come with predrilled holes so you know which way they go in relation to the side panels

Jigsaw puzzle panels

Here are a couple of the side panels prior to gluing them together. They fit very well, the cuts, just like all of the kit, were right on the money.

Laying out panels

Laying out the panels. Make sure to save to cardboard panels your kit was shipped in. They come in handy laying out your panels.

The glue and a plane

The tubes of adhesive and the plane I ordered. I also picked up a pull saw as well as a rasp. All good investments that are going to last a lifetime and I plan on willing to my kids.

Unpacking the kit.

The kit came very well packed, everything came as promised. CLC shipped it quickly and once you open the kit you realize that everything they say in their ads, catalog and the web site it true. This thing is obviously well thought out just as well constructed.