Summarizing a few work sessions.
I had the last of the welding work done and cleaned up. Painted the rudder pedals and assembled with the brake pedals and fittings. I will need to modify the master cylinder mounts slightly with some sections of tubing from AC Spruce, to be ordered.
Fabricated an additional travel stop for each rudder pedal to maintain clearance for the gear retract torque tubes. This travel stop reduces the pedal travel by 7/16 inch. And this reduces the rudder travel slightly. The rudder originally swung close to 40 degrees per side, which seems much more than necessary. With the new travel stop added, the rudder swings 30 degrees per side which should be sufficient. As a reference, the RV7 is designed for 30-35 degrees travel per side and that's more than adequate. The rudder on the Dalotel is huge in comparison to most aircraft so I'm comfortable with that travel.