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Builder Name:Jeff Seaborn   -  
Project:   Dalotel DM165   -   VIEW REPORTS
Total Hours:653
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Start/Last Date:Nov 06, 2019 - Nov 06, 2019
Engine:Originally Continental IO-346 A what? Yep, an IO-346 as used in Muskateers of the same vintage
Propeller:A Regy Wooden Fixed Pitch What the heck is that? A French prop from that era
Panel:Steam gauges circa 1969. In French and in metric. Yikes!
 
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Jan 21, 2020     Router table build and experiment - (2 hours)       Category: Wings
Using the MDF from the spar building table, I built up two table halves to support the router and guide fences. I will use this these tables and fences when I cut out the groove in the spar for the wing attach plate. Using a couple of 2x4s screwed together to simulate the spar, I clamped the tables to the spar and the fences to the tables. I don't have the correct sized router bit yet but that was ok, this was just a test run. It's a good thing I'm experimenting on cheap 2x4s, as it didn't turn out as successfully as I wanted. I found the MDF fences that I'd made flexed more than I expected. Additionally, I had made the fences the length of the wing attach plate. This meant that the C-clamps that held it into place prevented the router from running the full length.

So lessons learned:
1. Use something stiffer for fence. - I'm going to use some aluminum angle.
2. The fences need to be longer. - 4 foot sections of aluminum angle should provide enough length. The router table is already 4 feet long.
3. The 2mm steps in the fence aren't all that effective when tracking with a large router. - Solution will be to set the fence at the narrowest width of plate, route the centre channel, then move the fence back 2 mm for the next width of routing.

Amateur built or experimental aircraft is about learning.


 


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