HS Angles
Hours: 2.0 | Posted in Horiz. StabilizerMost of the day doing yardwork with the lawnmower from… well… I found it for free on the side of the road going to work one day last year. Does that tell you anything? It mows…most of the time. That’s about all I can say for it.
Remade the HS attach angles today, with the new angle stock that I ordered along with the practice kit. This time around, I ran the edges of the stock on the sanding disc before marking the cut lines, so I could make a nice edge without the worry of removing too much material. I also used the tilt table on the sanding disc after the hacksaw to bring the edges right to the line, and to keep everything at a consistent angle. Just like Dad always said…”make the machine the expert.” A couple passes over the Scotchbrite wheel and things were looking good. Much happier at this point than I was with the old ones.
Still plenty of time for foul play though, with my old nemesis the drill press. I carefully measured & marked the hole layout, then center-punched, but this time instead of going right to the drill press, I twisted a #40 bit by hand to enlarge the centerpunch marks. I found that this really helped get things started in the right place when I went to the drill press. The holes looked good, and I remeasured the alignment hole (top center) at each step in the process to be sure. Everything was good, so I clecoed & clamped them to the HS spar. Drilled out the holes, disassembled and deburred everything.
That seemed like a good place to stop and go knock off more of the “honey-do” list, so I cleaned up the shop and organized everything. Oh-I also put a valve on the outlet of the compressor tank yesterday; that solved the overnight leak-down problem: I suspect the culprit is the $20 Menards special “air control kit”…they’re cheaply built and (obviously) has a slow leak somewhere. Regardless, this solved the problem, and will also allow for cleaning the filter bowl without having to air down the tank.
