i used shamus's plans and it worked for me i made mine out of a doll house my mom gave me that she bought a couple years ago all wood and now i don't have to go to the hobby shop and buy my wood hee hee hee i buitl the jig and i can make it as tall as i want and i started on a curved one two weeks ago it's around 30 inches long and rises 1.5 on a grade it starts at 1 1/2 inches and goes to 3 inches high