Brief Description: Repaired bender, drilled out counterbalance, and c
Today was a busy day. I first started by repairing the hinged bender to finish bending the elevator skins to the proper angle. I used much sturdier hinges with staggered holes so that the wood wouldn't split. That worked well. I then bent the right and left elevator skins to the proper angle to give the trailing edge a much sharper edge.
I then moved on to clecoing together the outboard and counterbalance ribs after I finished their edges on the scotchbrite wheel. I then assembled these ribs with the counterbalance weight and drilled the holes through the counterbalance weight with a #12 drill bit. I needed to lubricate the drill bit while drilling in order to keep it from jamming in the lead as the lead gums up.
Next I clecoed the right elevator skin onto the understructure and then drilled out the matched holes with the #40 drill bit. I also clecoed on the control horn and drilled it out as well. Lots of pictures today on this work.
beefier hinges worked great
Back in business to bend the trailing edge
Comparison of the left bent skin bent with the right which is not bent yet
