Evening sanity break
Hours: 1.6 | Posted in Upper Fuse & SkinsSearching an escape from the treadmill that is life, both at home and at work, in these last few weeks of the season, I headed out to the shop for a bit of time on the project, and accomplished a few little tasks:
- Trimmed the holes in the aft end of the inboard baggage ribs, which I had neglected to do before riveting the tailcone on. A burr and sanding drum on the Dremel made quick work of this. Smoothed with a scotchbrite pad and spot-primed.
- Removed the aft deck and spacers, deburred all holes and edges. Deburred the drilled holes in the aft end of the longerons.
- Deburred all holes and edges of the baggage floors.
I have a small pile of parts ready to be primed, then the aft deck and baggage floors can be riveted in place, and construction can continue.
Looking ahead to the electrical wiring, I also removed the snap bushings from the tunnel at each bulkhead, and reamed out the slight lip on the inside diameter, to obtain the maximum diameter for wires. The 1/2″ step on a Unibit worked perfect for this. These bushings were then reinstalled. Curious, I tried to stuff one full of wire, and found I could pass (5) pieces of RG-400, with room for some smaller wires in the center and at the perimeter, or (3) pieces of RG-400 and (4) pieces of shielded 14-4, again with some room left over for smaller wires. What does this mean? Not much right now, but as I work through my wirelist, it should help with planning.
