Made these shims per print, clamped in place & match drilled. located and drilled inner holes on fwd spar to #13, but turns out I don't have the right size collet to chuck a 3/16" reamer or drill bit into my 90* drill motor. Nor do I evidently have an inch long 3/16" drill bit.

i suppose I could try to ream these up from the bottom with a reamer in my air drill, but there's no reason to make it that hard on myself, so i'll run to the yard store and buy the appropriate bits tomorrow.

Read ahead in the plans for a while, little housekeeping around the shop, then primed the inside of the 1.5" tube stock used for the big elevator pushrod. I pulled a rag wetted in acetone through it first, then taped a rubber glove over one end, squirted about 1/2 a can of tempo primer in the other end, and sloshed it around. I'll let it dry for a day or two before I rivet the ends on.

That reminds me, I need to look on VAF to make sure that the dimension called out on the print is safe to use in this case. I know that a ton of guys have had problems with the dimensional callout for the aileron pushrods being too short for safe thread engagement, so they preach that you should make those a little long.

Since I was in primer mode, I also took care of another small task I've been meaning to finish for a while; cleaned up and primed the tailwheel spring and associated hardware. I'll paint it with rattle can epoxy tomorrow to match the weldment and then re-grease the polished portions before rust has a chance to take hold.