Laser Dollhouse Designs Stansfield Victorian Dollhouse User manual

Stansfield Victorian
Dollhouse assembly instructions

NOTE 1: Please do a dry assembly using only tape to hold house together. This will get
you familiar with parts, location, and fit. This also gives you a chance to visualize how
you want to approach the build. Also read each step and adhere to items that should
not be glued till a later time..
Materials for build;
1. Wood glue, you may use Titebond, Elmers, tacky or any good wood glue. Tacky
wood glue dries clear and is preferred.
2. Masking tape to hold house in place during assembly and gluing.
3. Utility knife if needed for trimming.
4. 220 grit sandpaper.
5. Wood Filler
6. Alcohol for cleaning lattice frames
7. Tweezers for 1:48 scale window
assembly (recommended)

Pre-Assembly Parts
Interior Doors
Figure 1
Step 1. Locate the package with the interior doors, remove items. You should have:
1-Single Arched interior door
1-Door stop (NOT IN 1:48 scale)
1-outer frame rail with holes for door stop (No holes in 1:48)
1-interior frame rail
1-upper and 1 lower cross frame rails.
2-Frames
You will need 220 grit sand paper for the assemble for cleaning doors..
SEE FIGURE 1.
Step 2. Glue the door stop into outer frame rail as seen in Figure 2. If doing 1:48
scale go to next step as there is no door stop)
Step 3. Glue the top cross rail to the top of the outer frame, make sure the hole is on
the left side. This is where the door hinge will be inserted. See figure 3.
Complete steps 1 thru 3 for remaining 3 door. You should have 4 half door
assemblies as seen in figure 4.
Figure 3 Figure 4
Figure 2

Pre-Assembly Parts
Interior Doors
Figure 5
Step 4. Locate doors and sand front and back of doors using 220 grit sand paper. Do
this by laying door flat on top of sand paper on a flat surface. Next press down with
slight pressure moving door side to side. Once done blow out door engraved arch
and square. We are only looking to clean door for painting. At this point paint parts
and proceed on to next step.
Next install door into the hole on half assembly completed earlier. Figure 5
Step 5. Glue remaining cross frame on bottom again making sure hole is to the left.
Figure 6.
Step 6. Glue remaining inner frame rail. See figure 7. Make sure holes on the top
and bottom remain clear of glue.
Step 7. Lay the door on a flat surface inside a door frame as seen in figure 8. DO NOT
GLUE, this is done to keep door square as the glue dries. Door frame will be glued
later….
Complete steps 4 thru 7 for remaining 3 interior doors. You should have 4 doors as
seen in Figure 9 sitting inside frames drying.
Figure 7 Figure 8
Figure 6
Figure 9

Pre-Assembly Parts
Interior Doors
Figure 10
Step 8. Apply glue to the front edge on the outside of the completed door assembly,
figure 10. Do this on both front sides. Do not apply glue on the top as we do not
want to glue hinge.
Step 9. Install one door frame over front of assembly. Figure 11. Make sure that
frame is evenly aligned to the outside and top and bottom.
Repeat this for remaining door, figure 12
Interior doors completed.
NOTE: SAME DOOR ASSEMBLY PROCESS WILL APPLY TO MAIN DOOR IN NEXT
PRE-ASSEMBLY STEP!!!
Figure 11 Figure 12