{"id":9065,"date":"2026-07-12T00:46:54","date_gmt":"2026-07-12T05:46:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.balsaworkbench.com\/?post_type=product&#038;p=9065"},"modified":"2026-07-12T00:46:55","modified_gmt":"2026-07-12T05:46:55","slug":"fuselage-jig","status":"publish","type":"product","link":"http:\/\/www.balsaworkbench.com\/?product=fuselage-jig","title":{"rendered":"Fuselage Jig"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I wanted to make a fuselage jig, so I asked a friend who builds cabinets if he had any extra wood lying around.\u00a0 He had two 12&#8243; x 48&#8243; pieces, but I finished only one fuselage jig with bolts and braces.\u00a0 The extra one has been sitting around for 8 or 9 years, so now it&#8217;s time to get rid of it.<\/p>\n<p>The platform is marked at 1 inch intervals.\u00a0 It comes with a bunch of little plywood rectangles for you to glue together to make the braces.\u00a0 Then you&#8217;ll have to go to the hardware store and find some long bolts and wing nuts to hold the braces, and you&#8217;ll also have to drill holes in the platform to mount the bolts.\u00a0 The following photos show the general idea of what you&#8217;re building.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.balsaworkbench.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/jig1.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-9066\" src=\"http:\/\/www.balsaworkbench.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/jig1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.balsaworkbench.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/jig2.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-9067\" src=\"http:\/\/www.balsaworkbench.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/jig2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"200\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.balsaworkbench.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/jig3.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-9068\" src=\"http:\/\/www.balsaworkbench.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/jig3.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.balsaworkbench.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/jig4.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-9069\" src=\"http:\/\/www.balsaworkbench.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/jig4.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The product photos show the actual product that you will receive.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I wanted to make a fuselage jig, so I asked a friend who builds cabinets if he had any extra wood lying around.\u00a0 He had two 12&#8243; x 48&#8243; pieces, but I finished only one fuselage jig with bolts and &hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"http:\/\/www.balsaworkbench.com\/?product=fuselage-jig\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":9070,"template":"","meta":[],"product_cat":[73],"product_tag":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.balsaworkbench.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/product\/9065"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.balsaworkbench.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/product"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.balsaworkbench.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/product"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.balsaworkbench.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/9070"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.balsaworkbench.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=9065"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"product_cat","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.balsaworkbench.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fproduct_cat&post=9065"},{"taxonomy":"product_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.balsaworkbench.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fproduct_tag&post=9065"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}