RVBottomly
PATRON
Asotin County Washington (KLWS)
More wing work. Marked out and cut out wing attach fittings
Stacked for match drilling
Add doublers. Needed to locate them using wood scraps
Prepped for edge weld
[FONT=Verdana,Arial,Tahoma,Calibri,Geneva,sans-serif]Next was to weld nuts into the wing root compression tube
I was skeptical.
[FONT=Verdana,Arial,Tahoma,Calibri,Geneva,sans-serif]But it worked.
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[FONT=Verdana,Arial,Tahoma,Calibri,Geneva,sans-serif]The welding made the strut 1/16 too long, but that's what lathes are for. I faced off the ends to make square and to get to the right final dimension. No pictures, though....
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[FONT=Verdana,Arial,Tahoma,Calibri,Geneva,sans-serif]Installed the compression strut to measure the diagonal.
[FONT=Verdana,Arial,Tahoma,Calibri,Geneva,sans-serif]I didn't take pictures of how I fit the diagonal, but it was simply a matter of flattening the tube at both ends, bolting one end in place, and then check for square. It was very close because the next bay was square. Adjusted approx 1/16 and vice gripped the other end, made a mark, and drilled the diagonal. Once it was bolted in the bay was right on with the trammels.
[FONT=Verdana,Arial,Tahoma,Calibri,Geneva,sans-serif]But now I have to sister in an upright for the rib because of interference.
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Stacked for match drilling
Add doublers. Needed to locate them using wood scraps
Prepped for edge weld
[FONT=Verdana,Arial,Tahoma,Calibri,Geneva,sans-serif]Next was to weld nuts into the wing root compression tube
I was skeptical.
[FONT=Verdana,Arial,Tahoma,Calibri,Geneva,sans-serif]But it worked.
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[FONT=Verdana,Arial,Tahoma,Calibri,Geneva,sans-serif]The welding made the strut 1/16 too long, but that's what lathes are for. I faced off the ends to make square and to get to the right final dimension. No pictures, though....
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[FONT=Verdana,Arial,Tahoma,Calibri,Geneva,sans-serif]Installed the compression strut to measure the diagonal.
[FONT=Verdana,Arial,Tahoma,Calibri,Geneva,sans-serif]I didn't take pictures of how I fit the diagonal, but it was simply a matter of flattening the tube at both ends, bolting one end in place, and then check for square. It was very close because the next bay was square. Adjusted approx 1/16 and vice gripped the other end, made a mark, and drilled the diagonal. Once it was bolted in the bay was right on with the trammels.
[FONT=Verdana,Arial,Tahoma,Calibri,Geneva,sans-serif]But now I have to sister in an upright for the rib because of interference.
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