The building surface is essentially a custom-built jig- a very flat box made of 8' MDF panels and dimensional lumber. Since the flaps are 7' long it is important to use a flat surface to prevent twists. The holes you see were drilled to allow clecos to be used to hold the lower skin in place while everything was match drilled. Currently all the parts have been primed and are ready for riveting.
Saturday, January 12, 2008
Flaps
The holidays plus a bad cold kept me from making a lot of progress recently. I have started on the left flap:
The building surface is essentially a custom-built jig- a very flat box made of 8' MDF panels and dimensional lumber. Since the flaps are 7' long it is important to use a flat surface to prevent twists. The holes you see were drilled to allow clecos to be used to hold the lower skin in place while everything was match drilled. Currently all the parts have been primed and are ready for riveting.
The building surface is essentially a custom-built jig- a very flat box made of 8' MDF panels and dimensional lumber. Since the flaps are 7' long it is important to use a flat surface to prevent twists. The holes you see were drilled to allow clecos to be used to hold the lower skin in place while everything was match drilled. Currently all the parts have been primed and are ready for riveting.
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