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57 Side skin stiffners
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Comment by Raymond Paul on March 16, 2014 at 10:25am
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Thanks for the encouragement, being a plans build am having small issues with some of the pre drilled holes I did and then part doesnt line up 100% so have to remake the part with a larger lip to pick up the rivet holes. next time I know, DONT drill any holes until you actaully clamp the parts together on assembley
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Comment by Clint L Gosch on March 16, 2014 at 10:19am
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Thanks for the reply, your progress is really impressive!
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Hi Clint I cut the side skins by hand with long slim nose snips. I did this thinking I could save material. In hind sight I could have had it cut in a guilotine as the off cuts would have been the same in the end,if you going to cut the side skins I would cut them in a guilotine if available, but its only 0.016 material so no real issue to cut by hand.What I would add is DONT cut the material for the longerons by hand!! The material comes under tension when cutting by hand and curls.This MUST be cut in a guilotine.
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Looks great Raymond! What method did you use to cut the skins?
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