Another productive few weeks but more of the time was spent on design work vs. building. I created DXF files from CAD drawing obtained from another Sportsman Builder (Thanks Dan Lodge). My layout is going to be different so the outline of the center panel was correct and the G3X but I had to measure and redesign the other cutouts. I sent them to a company called ‘SendCutSend' and they turned them around very quickly. I made the inserts out of 6061 .063” and I'm really happy with the center one. The Left panel insert had holes here I thought I had deleted them but they must have been imbedded into another layer that I missed. I used the left panel as a patter then made my own. I also made my own Right insert panel. The 6061 is much more brittle than the other aluminum I've been working with so grinding took more effort. Today I finished all the cut out for the panel and cut all the openings for the avionics. That Carbon is difficult to cut and makes a mess. I tried using my oscillating cutter but it was chipping the paint and leaving a jagged edge. Used the dremel cutting disc and it worked well but makes a mess. I need to make some decisions on nutserts size. I don't like the smaller size included with the panel kit. 6-32. I'm going up to at least a #8.