Van's RV-9A in Aurora

The Big Picture

The Big Picture
Flying! 8/28/2011

Saturday, September 12, 2009

2.7 hrs
Finish drilling floor stiffeners.
Finish deburring 722, 724 ribs, and 949, 950 baggage side covers.

Used tin snips and the belt sander to trim 949 covers.



Finally used the snips purchased as part of the tool kit back when it all started. Haven't used these very much at all, since the band saw does a superior job of trimming most material. But the geometry of these parts are such that they don't fit in the band saw. It took me about 5 minutes of pondering "How the hell am I gonna cut these?" to remember, " Oh, yeah. Tin snips."

Start clecoing 722 and 724 to 970 skins.