Author Archives: pclifton

Well, I had originally planned to try and fay seal the left tank stiffeners tonight. But fire, I needed to clean up stuff from the last session, and I also wanted to be prepared to make use of any extra … Continue reading →

So yeah, not much activity these last few days. My back as been bothering me a lot lately, to the extent that I had two doctor’s visits last week. I was getting along OK, but wasn’t sure if going out … Continue reading →

Boy, I really wish I’d done this yesterday…but my chronic bad back become acute, and I spent most of the day in bed. Went and got some drugs today, so I’m feeling better. Goal for the night was to rivet … Continue reading →

So today’s goal was to rivet the reinforcement rings I sealed previously, and then get the stiffeners sealed in place on at least one of the skins. By combining tasks like this, I can avoid sating sealant; I hardly need … Continue reading →

Well, this night didn’t go exactly as planned. My original intent for the night was to rivet the reinforcement rings I sealed up last night. I probably could have gotten that done tonight no problem, but I had to complicate … Continue reading →

Well, tonight marked my first real foray into the world of sealant. The reputation of this stuff is well-earned; it’s about the consistency of peanut butter and ridiculously sticky. First up, the mating surfaces needed to be scuffed; to do … Continue reading →

Got Josie to come out an help me dimple the tank skins today. With the new c-frame table I made, a lot of this could actually be done solo, but it helps a lot to have a second set of … Continue reading →

It’s happened again…me getting a little carried away with my goals. I pretty much figured out by the middle of last week that this wasn’t going to be a tank-sealing weekend, but I was still sort of trying to go … Continue reading →

Same old story, busy night, yada yada. I thought I’d try and get the rivet holes in both tank skins deburred, but it didn’t take much time in the garage to decided that one skin was enough. Deburring in general … Continue reading →

Busy night tonight, but I popped out in the garage long enough to deburr all the tank stiffeners. Nope, no pictures.