Guy started fiddling while his kid was napping and now hes got 40 hours into this thing
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It's been great following along with your project. Good luck tweaking the leg.
This is bigger than I thought it was. In the first pictures, it looked like it was 4" tall.
This would make quick work of leveling those fins: 
Good news everybody!
I see you have your Axe ready, if it all goes horribly wrong.
This has a very 1950's "that's what a rocket should look like" vibes-based profile (I mean no disrespect by this!), I love it
Are those regular food toothpicks or do you need meatier woodworking toothpicks? Do you just tap em in snug or what?
They're just regular toothpicks from Walmart i think. They aren't intended to give any additional strength, just keep the joint tight while the glue dries. With the pilot hole properly sized, they actually keep things surprisingly tight
Based on a few test holes, I'm thinking I'll be able to just push them in by hand, I'm not sure they're strong enough to survive much more than the lightest tapping

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