Build instructions · Series 1

Scatter Cover

Beam barricades, cover panels and crates to scatter across the table.

Steps
8
Use for
Scatter Cover - Abandoned, Scatter Cover - Neutral

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Scatter Cover

Before you start

  • White PVA craft glue. We use Aleene's Turbo Tacky: the bottle for big jobs, a glue pen for fine beads.
  • Small clamps to hold pieces while they dry.
  • Precision tweezers or a pointed tool for punching out small pieces and slots.

Tips & tricks

  • The front of a sheet is the side the die cut went into; it has the rolled edges. The back is flat.
  • Pieces punch out most easily when pushed from the back.
  • Fold every score fully so its edge is crisp and straight. It's cardboard, so it sometimes needs a little help.
  • Be a little generous with glue. It wipes up with a dry or slightly damp paper towel and dries clear.
  • Glue marks and their targets always match in shape and size.

  1. Step 1 of 8 Beam

    Step 1 diagram
    1. Make sure glue marks and targets match size and shape, and that doubled up edges are aligned before drying.
    2. Glue pieces 47 & 48 together first and let dry.
    3. Tabs on the edge of piece 48 will only fit into the front side of slots in piece 46 in one way.
    4. This will make a BEAM piece.

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  2. Step 2 of 8 Join beams

    Step 2 diagram
    1. When gluing two assembled BEAM pieces together, make sure the tear drop shaped glue marks and targets align.
    2. Also ensure that the indicator line adjacent to the glue mark on piece 46 is lined up with the edge of the other assembled BEAM piece.

  3. Step 3 of 8

    Step 3 diagram
    1. Glue and assemble as indicated.

  4. Step 4 of 8 Finished beam

    Step 4 diagram
    1. The finished piece should look like so.

  5. Step 5 of 8 Cover pieces

    Step 5 diagram
    1. When assembling cover pieces, put glue dots in the end of the slots on the large face pieces before sliding on the leg support pieces.
    2. Then, before the glue dries, make sure the leg support pieces are perpendicular to the large face pieces.

  6. Step 6 of 8 Cover pieces

    Step 6 diagram
    1. When assembling cover pieces, put glue dots in the inside of the slots in the large face pieces before sliding on the leg support pieces.
    2. Then, before the glue dries, make sure the leg support pieces are perpendicular to the large face pieces.

  7. Step 7 of 8 Cover pieces

    Step 7 diagram
    1. When assembling cover pieces, put glue dots in the inside of the slots in the large face pieces before sliding on the leg support pieces.
    2. Then, before the glue dries, make sure the leg support pieces are perpendicular to the large face pieces.

  8. Step 8 of 8 Crates

    Step 8 diagram
    1. Before assembling, make sure all crate pieces are the same color. Some pieces are only colored on one side.
    2. Make sure glue marks and targets match size and shape, and that doubled up edges are aligned before drying.
    3. Glue pieces 31a & 31b as well as 32a & 32b together first and let dry.
    4. On piece 30 ensure all scores are crisply and evenly folded.