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Hi,

Having decide to make the cradle for the base boards, I had a good day.  First while the shed was warming up, in the den, I drew out the sides of the cradle on some 3 mm plywood using the base board template.  In the shed the plywood was cut and some 32 mm x 12 mm batons were attached to it.  Then some spacers were fitted, the construction is much the same as for the base boards mostly glued and pinned with some wooden pegs and a few screws.  There is some more bracing to be done after the glue sets, I am happy with the result the boards do not move in the cradle when strapped in.  The cradle will be fitted into the trailer so that it can easily be removed.  I had intended to try it in the trailer but the weather today wasn’t very good and it is likely to get worse over the next few days.

So, hopefully tomorrow I will finish the cradle and start on the entrance.

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Regards Tony.