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Date:  6-4-2007
Number of Hours:  2.00
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Brief Description:  RD: Cut stiffeners to length and shape

I started a tad tentatively at first, checking and re-checking the plans to make sure I was cutting correctly. First the stiffeners were cut to size (length) with straight cut from either side. Once all were cut to size, I marked each appropriately and hatched the areas to be removed. Then using the straight snips, I cut off ever decreasing pieces until my final cut (on the line) was cutting off 1mm or less material. Doing it like this really helped to minimise both the distortion of the stiffeners during cutting and likelihood of making a mistake or cutting skew.

It actually ended up being a fairly simple process and the notches cut into the angles really make the measuring a non-issue. Taking my time with the cuts and cutting off ever decreasing amounts of material did the trick for me though.

Will edge finish tomorrow as it's already after 12h00 AM.
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Cutting the stiffeners to length

Cutting the stiffeners to length

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Marked and cutting to shape

Marked and cutting to shape

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All cut to shape

All cut to shape

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