Use Files to Make Dolls House Fence Pickets From Stir Sticks

Draw the Picket Shape On the Top Stick In the Stack

The desired shape is drawn on the top stir stick in a clamped group before a file is used to shape the pickets.

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To make uniformly shaped pickets, draw your desired shape on the top stick in the stack and use it as a guide for shaping the entire stack. Your pickets can be any shape you wish. I have a number of projects which need round topped pickets so I have drawn that shape on my top picket.

• Make Miniature Fence Pickets In Dolls House Scales
• Materials Needed to Make Dolls House Scale Fence Pickets From Stir Sticks
• Clamp Sticks Together to Work On Multiple Pickets At Once
• Draw the Picket Shape On the Top Stick In the Stack
• Use a File to Shape Your Miniature Pickets
• Work on Both Sides of Your Clamped Stack of Stir Sticks
• Check the Final Shape of Your Miniature Pickets
• Make Copies That Match Your Originals
• Lay Out Curved Lines for Groups of Pickets for a Fence or Wainscoting