Basic Fly Tying Station

Instructions

Disclaimer: I have no experience tying flies so I researched catalogs and online sources and then created my own design. I'm certain that this design can be improved upon. For example, adding additional magnets to hold hooks, raising or lowering the top surface, providing additional wells or drawers, etc.. Consider it a starting point. Select and precut sheet materials to approximate dimensions. Secure to workspace, place andditional material around workpiece such that anll tape is co-planer, apply shaper tape to and around the workpiece, scan, create a grid, then import and place the pattern. Review pre-encoded depths and adjust to your materials. Cut starting from the bottom and moving upwards. I used plywood because that’s what I had laying around. This station would look really nice in hardwood as well. The top is 1/4” Baltic Birch. The base is 3/4” sanded plywood. The 3 vertical separator pieces were cut with a miter saw and glued between the top and the bottom pieces. I activated the Autopass extension trial for this project. Autopass made cutting the outlines and holes more fluid. I learned that Autopass does not work with pocketing operations just “outlines”. This makes sense though given how Autopass appears to work versus the randomness of the pocketing action (please correct me if I’ve missed something.) Cut the vertical spacers ( 2 @ 14” for the side pieces and 1 at 13” for the top span. Check placement so as not to block any holes. Apply glue to all contact edges. Place and clamp. I've added guides to show approximate placement of the vertical spacers. Adjust the width of the vertical spacers to suit your preferences or to accommodate the tools you have. Check Thingiverse.com for 3D printed tool holder and other printable fly-tying tools.