Thursday, February 5, 2015

Pickup Powder Coated Steel Parts

Alex (A1 Powder Coating) did a great job of flat black on all the 4130 parts & the firewall.

Wednesday, February 4, 2015

H. Stab. Center Hinge Install (7H3)

H. Stab. Center Hings & Elevator Control Horn Placement

Located and installed H. Stab portion of the center hinge assembly. A5 rivets throughout

Tuesday, February 3, 2015

H. Stab Ready for Hinge Assemby Install


H. Stab. Assembly (7H5) Skinned (inverted)

Final riveting of H. Stab skin with A4 rivets and preparation of center hinge parts. Laid out locations for center hinge assembly (7-H-5).

Monday, February 2, 2015

Completed H. Stab. (7H3)

Removed copper clecos, deburred all holes, and applied RustOx. Sprayed on the diluted RstOx with the small Kobalt gravity-fed gun. Re-strapped, re-clecoed, and riveted the structure, which is now ready for center center hinge assembly and cutouts for control cables

Sunday, February 1, 2015

H. Stab final assembly

H. Stab. Skinning - Note poor edge alignment)

H. Stab. Skin Alignment Repair - Note Doublers

Tough aligning top skin stb. It is either flat at trailing edge with bulge at the center of the end rib or nicely fitted at the end rib with dimple and small ripples at the trailing edge. Roger (Zenith ) and Jon (HomeBuiltHelp) suggest best fit. I added a doubler L-angle to help smooth the dimple. Added a non functional doubler on the port side for symmetry. Still has slight oil-can effect, but much better with the doubler. Drilled and clecoed (copper). Ready for removal, deburr, corrosion protection, re-strap, re-cleco, and riveting.

Saturday, January 31, 2015

H. Stab hinge bracket & top skin final preparation


H. Stab. after rebuild

Rebuilt H. Stab. & applied RustOx to bottom interior and H. Stab structure. Prepared center hinge bracket & gusset for install. Constructed center hinge installation tool(7-H-5).

Friday, January 30, 2015

41130 Steel parts to Powder Coating





 A1 Powder Coating, Garland.  Alex (owner) gave $50 discount if I promised to send him pictures of the completed project for his customer's brochure.  $300 total ... all other quote above $500.