Day 8 - VS Hole Prep - Photos up

Posted on April 21st, 2007 by Patrick.
Categories: Uncategorized.

I had one last workshop construction project to finish.  I wanted to create a wall garden tool rack to get the tools off the garage floor to make more floor space.  I finished that before finally returning to airplane construction.  Though with the empennage crate still in the garage it didn’t yield as much benefit as it will once that thing is gone.  It rained yesterday and is supposed to tomorrow, so I will wait until Monday to finally get it out of the way.

The rest of the work day went towards hole prep which is the last step before priming and riveting the vertical stabilizer.  Hole prep was basically using a soldering iron to score the protective vinyl sheet covering all the parts that came in the kit, so that you can easily tear it away from the rivet holes, yet leave the bulk of the vinyl on the part to protect it from scratches until final assembly next year.  Some people just take all the vinyl off right away, because supposedly it hardens some and is more difficult to remove later.  As the workshop laypout is still changing, and parts will still be moved, I am leaving it on for a little while longer until the parts have a final storage location until final assembly.

Photos are up.

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