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Elevator parts
Just spent a pleasant couple of hours down in the shed, making the elevator rear ribs (including a modified one for the side with the trim tab), and elevator rear channel.
Very glad I've got a wood heater in the shed - when I came back to the house I noticed the cars were iced over and the grass was considerably more crunchy than usual underfoot!
Didn't take the camera with me but will take some pics soon. I'll take the elevator spar to a sheet metal worker up the road to have the flanges bent, rather than depending on my wooden brake.
It's times like this I'm glad I'm scratch building - you get a sense of achievement when looking at a pile of parts you've made yourself.
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Comment by Marty de la Motte on June 7, 2011 at 9:56pm
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Pass some of that heat over here Robert!! It's p*ssing down with rain at the moment and about 8 degrees Celcius.
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Comment by Robert Crawford on June 7, 2011 at 5:34pm
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I do feel good about scratch building, well, most of the time anyway. I know how Damon feels, I'm in South Carolina, mid to upper 90"s every day and no rain for a couple of weeks. I couldn't get the temp inside my shop any cooler than 88 degrees over the week end, front and back doors open, celing fans and floor fans going. And it has 12 celings. Didn't get much done. I'd love to see about a 30 degree F. drop!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Hi Damon,
Tasmania's a bit colder than the rest of Aus. Our winters get a bit chilly here - but nowhere near as cold as some parts of the US during the winter, from what I see on the news!
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