I decided to use some hardwood ply that I had left over from a previous project and marked out the pieces and proceeded to cut them free hand on the bandsaw. The next task was to dowel and glue the sections together and clamp them ready for the next stage. I had already decided how I wanted to display the Dolphins which consisted of a mother and two calves. I had made a small laminated board from some scrap Camphor Laurel while practicing with the thicknesser and router and decided that it would make a nice base for the setting.
Having done the roughing out last weekend, this weekend was set aside for fitting the fins and a awful lot of hand sanding (note to self, must get an orbital sander). I spent a lot of time trying to complete one of the calves.
