FWIW, when I do this, I place the paper edge aligned with the table edge, then push the fin root against that and trace around it. Thus, the edge of the paper is the root.

YMMV

Doug

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I do it Doug's way also. Had to make two fins for Justin's Flash (which suffered a lot of bad fortune).

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1. Leave a rocket on the seat of a car
2. Leave the rocket on a sofa
3. Have a swivel snap n flight
4. Leave your rocket on the top of your car on a windy day
5. Land the rocket in a pond or some other body of water and wait a few days

I have sucessfully removed fins usin all of the above tehniques

Oh on a serious note
Always , Always Always trace a fin , put it in a folder on everything you EVER build , some day you thank me for this advise

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ROTFLMAO!

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In addition to the above, I had a cat gnaw off a #2001 Saturn V fin.

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Put a G76 in an estes Patriot . The fins will likley remain on the pad

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Jim (DPS) used to make a G200 that would leave the whole rocket sitting on the pad, minus the nose cone, chute, and thrust block.

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This does sound like something you'd do, John.

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The fin was easier to get off than I anticipated. That glue is some tough stuff and hard to go through with an Exacto blade. The Dremel tool with a barrel sander made short work of the glue and balsa left on the tube. It was a fairly decent operation.

The fin templates jharding58 linked to are spot on for the sustainer's fin. Perhaps I'll have the new fin on and get to some painting this weekend.

Thanks folks!