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July 20, 2005

More Work on Forward Spar Fitting

I’ve spent more time completing the Forward Spar Fitting and started work on the Main Spar Fitting SNX-T03-02

July 10, 2005

More Cutting And Filing Fittings

More cutting and filing away at the forward spar fitting.

July 9, 2005

Horizontal Stabilizer Fittings

I started working with the fittings made from angle. The first part I picked was the forward spar fitting. This is made from a piece of 2-1/2" x 2-1/2" x 3/16" angle that has to be cut down quite a bit. I started by cutting a length of angle down using my hacksaw. Next I marked up the first cuts and used my band saw. I need to get a proper blade as existing blade only has about 6 teeth per inch and wanders a fair bit. After cutting the angle I next used my files to clean up the cuts. Again, I discovered that I really need a vixen file.

July 8, 2005

Finished Forming The Last Of The Ribs

Today I finished forming the last of the ribs required for the elevator, ailerons, flaps and rudder. Here they are all layed out on the bench. The only thing remaining is the small joggle in the end ribs for the fiberglass tail tips.

July 4, 2005

Formed Long Bends On Flap And Aileron Ribs

The heading says it all. I will need to make up another short clamp bar for the bending brake to form the short flange on both ribs.

July 3, 2005

Deburring

I deburred all of the remaining ribs today. Now I just have to form them. I also ordered a set of offset seaming pliers to help form some of the sharp bends.

July 1, 2005

Layed Out And Cutout Remaining Ribs

Using the templates I made earlier in the week, I layed out the remaing aileron, flap and tail ribs and cut them out.

June 28, 2005

Templates For The Remaining Ribs

I drew up the remaining tail, aileron and flap ribs using AutoCad. I then plotted these out full scale and glued them to bristle board to be used as templates.

June 15, 2005

Completed Elevator Ribs T07-02/03

I finished cutting out two more elevator ribs and forming all of them. I also started to layout and cutout the elevator root ribs T07-04L/R.

June 14, 2005

Forming Elevator Ribs

Using the new clamp bars for my bending brake I formed four elevator ribs. Somehow I got a piece of steel shaving embedded in the edge of one and decided to discard it. This also prompted me to clean up the shop a bit. I also discarded the first rib I had formed on the weekend as it ended up with a crease on the inside of one of the flanges when I tried forming it with the 1/2" clamp bar.