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Build Your Own Wooden Dummy: Body Front View Side View

To build a wooden dummy: 1. Measure your body dimensions and transfer them to the dummy log, finding the center point by measuring circumference and dividing by 4. 2. Attach a protractor to the dummy center to measure arm angles and mark arm hole positions. 3. Cut legs at 45 degree angles with overlapping joints, attaching with glue and screws.

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Build Your Own Wooden Dummy: Body Front View Side View

To build a wooden dummy: 1. Measure your body dimensions and transfer them to the dummy log, finding the center point by measuring circumference and dividing by 4. 2. Attach a protractor to the dummy center to measure arm angles and mark arm hole positions. 3. Cut legs at 45 degree angles with overlapping joints, attaching with glue and screws.

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Build your own Wooden Dummy

Body Front View


5 feet
9 inches
9"
1.5"
1.5"
1.5"
8.5"
14"
1.5x2.5"
Side View
1x2"
6"
9"
1x2"
2"
28"
14"
21"
center
Straight Center Line
7"
Transfering your measurements to your dummy is a little tricky. Mostly because it's hard to find a
log that is exactly 9 inches in diameter.
First: make a center line. I did this by laying a long straight edge along the
body while it was on my saw horses.
Second: Find the center point. Measure the circumference of your body.
I was lucky and it came out to be 28". Divide your measurement by 4 to come
up with quater marks. For example: 28 divided by 4 is 7. so I made a mark every
7 inches around the body. I then connected the dots. Where the lines intersect
is the center point.
center
Distance to
outside
of body.
Length
of arms
11.75"
on my
dummy
Transfer the location
of the centerline
marks to the
body of your
dummy.
Adjust arms of protractor to
the desired arm width
8.5" on my dummy
Third: Find the angles of your arms. Make a protractor out scrap 1x2s. Draw a center line down the
center of each arm of the protractor. Attache the protractor to your dummy body at the center point.
When i made my protractor I just used a long enough screw to go through the protractor and into the
dummy center point.
Mark how long your dummy arms will be
and adjust the distance between the
arms until they are the desired distance
apart.
Transfer the the location of the
centerline marks to your dummy body.
These marks should be equal
distance away from the center
line.
center
These are the marks
transfered from
your protractor.
You now have the
correct angle to
drill you arms holes.
These marks should be equal
distance from the center line.
Center Line for Arm hole.
Center Line for Arm hole.
Extend the marks down the length of the wooden dummy body. When you
transfer the markks for your arm holes make sure that you center the top
arm holes on these lines. After you get all your makrs in place, double check
just to make sure and then you can start drilling and chiseling.
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B B
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Building the leg with an overlaping joint:
You will need 1 8' 2x3 and 1 8' 1x3.
The knee angle of the leg is 45 and the leg
is inserted into the dummy at a 15 angle.
So, only the two smaller 1x3s actually have a
15 angle cut on one side. All other cuts are
at a 45 angle.
Get the measurements from the
plans on this page:
http://www.wckfc.com/news/dummy/
A. 1x3
B. 1x3
C. 2x3
D. 2x3
D
C
A
Step 1. I used wood glue and screws to attach
all the pieces.
Step 2.
Step 3.
Finished leg.
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Straight Arm. You'll need one of these. Offset Arm. You'll need two of these.
1.25" 1.25"
2.5" 2.5"
1.5" 1.5"

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