September 2022 – Fred's Blog

Day 24 – Horizontal Stabilizer – Meccano day!

Fred
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on Sep 07, 2022

It’s been a busy week and I have not gotten much time in the garage. Today, while chatting with my Dad in the evening, I was sticking clecos into holes, and kinda accidentally put all the pieces together without the skins. It was good to see how things line up. I can see how it […]

Day 23 – Horizontal stabilizer – Back to metal work!

Fred
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on Sep 03, 2022

With my woodwork done (good enough), it’s time to get back to the metalwork! I found that a bunch of the ribs and noses still needed work. Lots of deburring and radiusing of parts. This was a new thing for me and caused a bit of confusion. The instructions say to radius to nose ribs […]