bit for the size dowel you’re using drill
holes into the turrets. We didn’t measure
how deep to drill them. Instead we just
inserted the dowels into the holes in the
turrets and then cut them all off the same
length so they would match. Also, we
angled the drill up just slightly on some of
the holes so the gun barrels would be
pointing up instead of straight out.Keep your brace drill out and change bits
to drill holes for any other dowels you’ll
be using on the deck of your battleship.Step 7
The radar tower on our battleship is made
up entirely of dowels. The pole is a piece
of 5/8” dowel sitting in a hole drilled into
the deck of the ship. The cross piece is a 3/8” dowel. The 3/8” dowel is
clamped down and 1/8” holes were drilled into it with our brace drill.
Into these holes we put the 1/8’ dowels. We also drilled a small pilot
hole in the center of the 3/8” dowel so a nail could be driven through it
and into the 5/8” dowel pole. Use a nail set and hammer to drive the
nail into the pole.