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Busy week!
Posted: Mon Dec 26, 2005 10:15 pm
by captain_john
Big plans!
Lots of people are taking time off this week. What are you doing? Are you getting things done on the project?
Today I removed the clecoes holding my wing skins in place and am prepping for the skinning process! I countersunk and deburred my spars and started deburring the skins.
I also made a cool dimpling setup surrounding my DRDT! It will make the whole skin dimpling thing MUCH easier as the sheet handling will almost take care of itself!
I hope to have things ready to rivet by week's end!
I am on a ROLL! Pics to follow!
What are you up to?
CJ
Posted: Tue Dec 27, 2005 12:27 am
by 4kilo
My top right wing skins are completely prepped and clecoed back on the wing. Now I am just waiting for someone to help me buck the rivets. A friend told me he would help tomorrow. Unfortunately, I have to go back to work day after tomorrow.
Since I am building in very limited space, I can only work on one wing at a time. As soon as I get the top skins riveted on the right wing, I will take it off the building jig and start on the left.
Pat
Posted: Tue Dec 27, 2005 11:07 am
by captain_john
Top skins all edge deburred!
Hey Pat, I am wonderin'...
Why did you do your right wing first? All the diagrams depict left wing. I am doing mine simultaneously amd KNOW for SURE that if I were to do my left wing first and alone, I would have reversals.
What is your logic?
CJ
Posted: Tue Dec 27, 2005 11:42 am
by 4kilo
CJ,
I built both sets of spars first, before doing any other wing work.
After I set up the wing jig, I walked over to pick up a main spar.
The right main spar was easiest to get to.
Pat
Posted: Tue Dec 27, 2005 4:59 pm
by captain_john
This setup ROCKS!
CJ
Posted: Sun Jan 01, 2006 10:00 am
by captain_john
Well, the week is over and I do have something to show for it!
I dimpled the rear spars and main ribs (by hand because Fred has my pneu squeeze):
...spot primed the spars:
...painted the skins that I dimpled earlier in the week:
...and hung them!
I would say it was a productive week! This whole thing needs some noodling over before I get to riveting, but I am happy to have had this week to get this much done!
Now I need to get back to the right tank.
CJ
Posted: Sun Jan 01, 2006 2:10 pm
by cjensen
great lookin' work CJ! you did get a lot done!
nice!
Posted: Mon Jan 02, 2006 3:13 pm
by aparchment
Excellent work John. Way to go!
Antony