My first JigStones building has several errors -- mostly due to my need to rush in .... Like a fool, I admit it.

• My windows did not fit. One because the hole was not square, in several directions...  The other because I did not stop to measure the wall casting.

• My walls were, well, warped at least. At one corner the long wall at the top was about one quarter of an inch smaller than at the foundation.

Mistakes in concrete are written in, ah, concrete.  The walls I had glued up with out any bracing while the glue set. In short, I had not kept the walls vertical, nor flat!

To correct these errors, I returned to my table saw.  Blocks were cut from 3/4" plywood to the exact size of the windows and doors.  These are set into the openings as the construction advances and hold the spacing while the glue sets.

A couple of real (1:1) bricks were found.  As the courses of JigStones are laid these are used as interior backing until the glue has set.  Or, in some cases, as the bread in a sandwich, on both sides of the wall under construction.

A really nice thing to have is a lazy Susan.  Mine is built out of 18" square scraps of thick plywood. The metal rotating assembly came from my local Ace Hardware store.

This allows you to continue to work allllll around the building with out shifting the newly (wet) glued building and its bracing, or to keep shifting your self around the work bench!  It works well when you get to the painting stage as well.  There is nothing to compare between an HO plastic kit and several pounds of JigStones ART!

Updated February 2001