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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 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 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 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. Read more

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 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 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 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 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 Read more