Measure Fourteen Times. Cut once.

 I started working on the screens this morning.

The center window panel is cut out and fitting just fine.

AM mentioned using the Dremel for this.  I don't.  I use an Exacto knife, then if I want to do any carving I can. It is much more accurate for me this way.

I was going to use the Dremel just to drill holes in the little table. I haven't gotten to that yet.

It takes a LOT of measuring on something like this to get it right.

I started out by getting the right roof angle.  Unfortunately I threw away the piece of scrap that had the angles on it, or I could have just traced it to get it right.

This photo shows how I got the curves on both sides of the outer screen right.

As I said, a lot of measuring. 

You can see faint lines where I went across the piece from one side to the other, to make sure that the points were even.  I also measured in from the outer edge to the point in each case to make sure that the thickness of the scallops were right.  This first photo was taken on a slant, so it looks a bit uneven...But it isn't.

It's hard to get a perfect head on shot, but this one is closer.

To get the diamonds, I lined the end of my ruler up with the edge of the roof line and marked 1/2" intervals from both sides.  You can see the little dots where I marked.  The lines are parallel with the edge, but the measurements aren't.  If I had done the marks parallel with the roof line, it would have been much more complicated.  A different measurement all together.  This was the easy way.

I did this on watercolor paper, so that I can experiment with the color and such before I do it on the real wood.

I am trying to do laundry, with one hand and do the screens with the other, whilst typing this with my toes...

In other words, I need to get back to work.  Lots yet to do.

See you tomorrow.