Front footwell jig remade

Today we rebuilt the jig for the front footwell area. Our old jig was not stable enough and would tend to deflect or not hold the front top plane securely. As a result, we modeled a jig in Solidworks and then cut out a board of wood to spec.

We printed out scale drawings of the footwell jig in order to get correct hole sizes and then cut out the holes using the band saw.


Afterwards, it was only a matter of assembling the jig. We first attached the two main planes together with blocks of wood, then we screwed on the side control blocks of the jig.


The new jig is much more stable than the old jig and holds the front top plane much better. This will give us better results when we ultimately weld the footwell members to the front top and bottom planes.