I know it sounds boring but I find it relaxing getting these pieces cleaned up so they are smooth lol. I got all of the skins and the J channel stiffeners done and I’m a little over halfway done on the ribs. I forgot I needed to get the flanges Read more…
After my guitar lesson tonight I got a good amount of time to get some work done. I deburred all of the holes on the right leading edge and also got the countersinking done for the splice strip. I hope to get some time tomorrow to at least get some Read more…
I double checked a large handful of holes and they are definitely final sized which saves me about and hour to an hour and a half of work. I did drill the screw holes as those were not final sized. I didn’t get much time tonight as my son and Read more…
I finally got time with Brendon to finish the top skins. Luckily it didn’t take too long and we were done as I hate doing work on Sundays.
I got all of the ribs assembled into the leading edge skins today. I need to go back and smooth the forward edges some more on more of the ribs but I can do that when I’m disassembling them. I also got the J channels installed and match drilled them Read more…
I got the leading edge modified ribs cut and deburred today. I also got some time today to cut the cradle parts and get them put together. I wanted to get that done today so that I can work on things tomorrow while it is raining outside without having to Read more…
I got the J channels cut to length, deburred and marked today. I also got the splice strips cut off of the tank skins that I have stored in the attic and got them deburred as well. Not alot of work done today but I didn’t have a ton of Read more…
I had extra time while on calls and during breaks to finish this work. Only took another hour and 15. I need to look at what step is next and get started on that but that will have to wait till tomorrow. I gave the builder’s number a call at Read more…
Brendon was going to be doing band stuff tonight so I decided to take the night off with him. I’ll have to skip tomorrow night with him too since we have church tomorrow. I decided to go ahead with the next section and start straightening and fluting the ribs. It Read more…
I didn’t want to wear Brendon out too much today so we just finished all of the rivets that were on the skin and ribs. We will work on the main spar over the next few nights. I did go ahead and get the parts for the next portion of Read more…