Dec 11, 2005     Drilling lower end of wing struts using jig - (8 hours)       Category: Wing Struts

The lower end of each of the two wing struts we drilled with the bottom milled aluminum fitting in place for accurate alignment. This was another careful drilling and reaming job using BoeShield lubricant. This time Dee got to do some of the drilling.

  Dec 31, 2004     Drilling wing struts using jig - (30 hours)       Category: Wing Struts

We borrowed from Glasair Aviation as a special wing strut drilling jig. This jig allowed us to accurately align the holes so the close tolerance bolts which hold each milled strutting fitting to the cross members in the wing. We first supported each wing with a fabricated wooden structure and carefully checked the dihedral using a digital level. The drilling and then, very careful reaming process was slow using Boeshield lubricant. Stratford brought in his 1/2" air drill because it turned much more slowly than our smaller Sioux air drill for the initial hole drilling. This process involved all of us...definitely a major job spread over a number of days.