I got all of the deburring done today. I also got all of the ribs, J channels, and the outside portions of the skins dimpled. I setup the C frame to start dimpling the interior holes on the skins since it has the longer reach. Once I’m done with the Read more
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