Author Archives: pclifton

So this is kind of a milestone. Tonights work session makes it an even 1000 hours that I’ve put into this project so far. I even went so far as to take a special photo of tonight’s last rivet, the … Continue reading →

Well, this barely even qualifies as a work session, but hey, I did do stuff. I picked up some more epoxy on the way home today – this turned out to be helpful after all. The JB Weld I was … Continue reading →

So this actually covers work done last night and tonight. Somehow I managed to forget to even write a blog post yesterday… Yesterday I left work a bit early, just so I could shoot paint on the forward side skins. … Continue reading →

Not the most productive weekend – had a lot going on yesterday, and then I apparently somehow injured my ankle and could barely walk this morning, so I spent half the day in bed. But it got better enough for … Continue reading →

Last time out, I started riveting the aft most bulkhead in the tail to the aft bottom skin. Tonight, I worked on finishing up riveting that bulkhead in place. It’s a bit of a pain working inside the tight curvature … Continue reading →

So I’ve reached a point where I’m satisfied with systems work inside the cabin, and I’m ready to get back to assembly. Technically, the next task ought to be adding the forward side skins, but that requires back riveting some … Continue reading →

Tonight I went to work on the mechanism that allows the pedal to be adjusted. The main part of the locking mechanism consists of six thin aluminum spacers, two steel lift levers, and a center aluminum piece to which the … Continue reading →

Today started with some general cleanup. I still had the pile of tubing scraps from yesterday’s photo op, in addition to all the tools and various other related stuff lying around. So it took about half an hour to get … Continue reading →

Welp, looks like I’m done bending and flaring tubing, at least for a while. Actually, I don’t think there will be any more hard lines to bend until I get around to attaching the wings and hooking up the fuel … Continue reading →

Today I got my shipment from Spruce, which included a new stock of 3/8” tubing for that last remaining fuel line. I decided to work on that and continue punting on the whole brake line issue. I hacked up my … Continue reading →