| March 1, 2007 |
| Making Parts |
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| It is March already and I am going slower than anticipated. I have a little less time then I thought I would. Boy, I cannot wait until Grace starts school, then I will have all morning and afternoon to work on the plane, uninterrupted. |
| I just finished up my flight review for another 2 years, so I was studying for that the previous two days. Now it is time to get back in the "making-parts" groove! |
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| Some of the parts have scale drawings. On some of these, I used tracing paper and traced the scale drawing onto the paper then, I glued the trace to the part, and cut out Here you can use the drawings to see if your part is on the money! The 4 "bumps" are center punches, and will turn into holes very soon. |
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| Make sure the length on the ribs are very near perfect. |
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| Bending T03-03. This requires a 10 degree bend. Just kind of "sandwiched-it" in the vise. |
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| 10 degree bend. |
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| Plans call for a chamfer on both sides of the piece. Looking at the plans, you really only need a Left chamfer on one, and a Right chamfer on the other (you need 2 T03-03 parts) It was getting late so I only put a chamfer on one side of each piece. This pic shows the chamfer on the Left. |