Author Archives: pclifton

Ah, the drudgery part of building: deburring everything in sight. Tonight I removed all the clecoes I’d installed previously and went to town deburring. First I did the bottom skins; I cleaned the edges, deburred the holes, and then did … Continue reading →

Not a lot of work tonight. My main goal for the evening was to finally go back and watch the 2015 webinar on flying into Oshkosh. The webinar was held the same night I was buying a car, so I … Continue reading →

Whew…that was a good day’s work for sure. Started off this morning by cleaning and priming all the associated center section parts. That was a little bit tough…when I started cleaning the parts, it was bright and sunny. Halfway through, … Continue reading →

Started off this afternoon by continuing work on my center section doubler. I pulled the doubler off and used the unibit to enlarge the rudder cable passthrough hole to full size, then did the same on the center section web … Continue reading →

First order of business tonight was to get the firewall riveted to the forward floor. To start with, I cleaned and scuffed the mating area between the two pieces where I was going to apply fire barrier sealant. The prepping … Continue reading →

Started out tonight by back riveting the stiffeners to the forward baggage floor; simple stuff there. Next I riveted the mounting bracket (don’t ask me hat it mounts, I don’t know) to the lower baggage bulkhead, then both bulkheads were … Continue reading →

Yup, finally back to work again. The search for a replacement car continues, mainly because I’m looking for something very specific. I did get in some flight time Saturday morning before going to look at a couple cars, then I … Continue reading →

Started out tonight by finally finishing up riveting the outboard weldments to the gear tower. I got in my -5 rivets from Spruce last week, which was what I was waiting on for this task. I shot the -5 rivet … Continue reading →

OK, so not a lot done tonight; mainly I just wanted to get back in the swing of things. Last week was interesting, as we got caught up in the flash flooding…and by “we,” I basically mean “my car.” Took … Continue reading →

So after disassembling the stuff I stuck together for fun last night, I started moving on along with the seat ribs. First task was to fabricate a couple of angle supports. The instructions say to use .063 3/4”x34” angle to … Continue reading →