Author Archives: pclifton

Hooray, I worked four days in a row! Tomorrow, though, I go back to work and the real challenge begins: can I manage to keep my weekday work habit going while also going in to work? We shall see… Anyway, … Continue reading →

Well, this was an interesting and somewhat frustrating day, for various reasons. We went out for breakfast and then took care of some errands, so I didn’t get started until early afternoon. Job #1 was to prepare the delrin bearing … Continue reading →

Got out to work fairly early again today. First order of business today was removing the plastic from all three seat floor panels and getting the edges demurred all nice. Then there followed a bit of a circus – the … Continue reading →

Welp, it’s been a long time…again. It’s been a fun few months of back injuries and such, which culminated in back surgery last week. The good news is that I’m feeling a lot better after said surgery. The better news … Continue reading →

Yup, back at it again. Today it was time to fire up the rivet gun for the first time in, well, probably a year, and get some stuff permanently attached.   Actually, there was a bit of trepidation involved – … Continue reading →

So yeah, not a ton done this weekend. Originally I’d hoped to get some riveting done, but I’m waiting on an order from Aircraft Spruce with a new tube of Fire Barrier sealant, which I’ll need when I rivet more … Continue reading →

Took some time after dinner tonight to go take a look at the fuse again. Even though I wasn’t going to rivet tonight, I decided to kind of do a dry run of the riveting procedure for these skins. My … Continue reading →

So yeah…it’s been hot. Hot enough that I haven’t been working, in case the long dry spell wasn’t already self-evident. I did actually construct what I intended to be an air-conditioned cubicle around the fuselage a couple months ago – … Continue reading →

Did some more work on the forward bottom skins tonight. (still trying to work on that weeknight work ethic…) I match-drilled all relevant holes between the skins and the gear crossmembers and intercostal ribs. Next I removed the skins and … Continue reading →

OK, so not a ton of progress tonight, but hey…I actually did some more weeknight work. I know good and well that these short weeknight work sessions are at least as important as longer weekend ones, so I’m happy with … Continue reading →