Title: Dimpling of the Horizontal Stabilizer
Worked on dimpling all the things on the Horizontal Stabilizer - got all the ribs and nose ribs dimpled with the sub-structure dimples from Cleaveland. (And after looking up some part numbers online, I see they no longer make the sub-structure or tank dies, so I'm glad I have my collectors set!). Got one of the skins all dimpled - I had to first debur the outside of it (I hadn't done that prior to priming as the film was on, which was removed during priming. After that, I had to re-teach myself the tricks of dimpling. Couple of things, avoid the male die on the bottom of the DRDT2, less you want micro-scratches all over the skins. Also, flipping the skins primer side down on the table works very well (the first time I had primer up, which meant I was fighting with the handle having clearance the whole time. After that, I just had 8 total holes for the four forward-most holes of the leading edge of the horizontal stabilizer where I couldn't reasonably get the DRDT in there. Thankfully, I had my close-quarters dimples on hand, so I pulled those and used the combo of copper mandel to set the initial dimple, and then the steel nail to get the dimple all the way set (taking care not to over do it like I did on the first set where I pulled the nail clean through the dimple). Just have the other skin to do (deburring the outside and then dimpling), then I'll be on to assembling the horizontal stabilizer frame and everything.


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