Brief Description: Lead Elevator Weight, Master Cylinder Clevises
Got a steel ladle from McMaster Carr today. Finally I can melt my lead for the elevator counter balance weight. We tried to use an old camp stove that had not been used for twenty years. Needless to say we resorted to a propane torch. Lead shot was used for the lead. After it had melted in the ladle the contaminates were swept off and the molten lead was poured into the counterweight tube. It went well. (45 minutes)
I also machined the ends of the master cylinder ends to fit the rudder brake pushrod clevises. The master cylinders are about .50 diameter. The pushrods are about .375 wide. I used the mill to do this work. (30 minutes)
There is a rudder cable rub block that will be bonded to the top of the wing to protect it from the rudder cables. The block is machined from 1/2 thick phenolic. First I trimmed the block down to size with the mill. Then two slots are millied in the block to guide the rudder cables. ( 1 hour)
