Author Archives: pclifton

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.

Started out with the tank baffles tonight. They needed their edges finished in addition to the holes deburred, so I started out knocking down the edges with a scotch brute wheel in the die grinder, then deburred all the holes. … Continue reading →

Tonight’s goal was straightforward: to lay the groundwork for the impending marathon of deburring and dimpling. Basically, I wanted to take down both tanks and in the process, take care of deburring anything that wasn’t either a rivet hole or … Continue reading →

Spoiler alert: I got all the right tanks stuff finished up today. That just leaves deburring and dimpling, and then it’ll be time to break out the sealant… First up, I addressed the trapdoor from yesterday. I decided to go … Continue reading →

So remember how I had that idea that I could finish all the tank internals this weekend? Let’s all laugh out loud in unison…OK, it’s not that bad, but I did fail to consider how things were complicated by the … Continue reading →

So now work begins on the internals of the right tank. Tonight, since the tank was already together (aside from the end ribs and baffle), it seemed like a good time to get everything match drilled. If nothing else, getting … Continue reading →

Ran out while dinner was getting ready and bolted all the attach angles to the right spar. After dinner, it was time to get to work for real. First step was clecoing the tank together. As I mentioned before with … Continue reading →

Lots of stuff to do around the house tonight, but I did find time to go out and rivet the nutplates onto all the tank attach angles I primed last night. Every little bit of work helps… Here are the … Continue reading →

Another so-so weekend. Josie had to help out with some testing with her job Saturday, so I had visions of getting up early with her and putting in a long productive day in the garage. That was before I realized … Continue reading →