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Date:  5-11-2013
Number of Hours:  4.00
Manual Reference:  44
Brief Description:  Canopy Skirt Right Side

Moved on to the right side canopy skirt, same as left except for hole cutout for the canopy latch.

Used Unibit to cut the hole for the canopy latch, which made the hole just a tad to small for the canopy latch to fit thru, but no matter not needed at this time, at least it is located.

Used previously made hole duplicator to locate holes in the canopy skirt for the horizontal canopy rails, used the templates previously made for the ribs of the canopy frame.

This is where I found the templates made for the rear most section of the canopy frame rail are useless... I guess because of the somewhat complex bend to this part of the canopy rail, the template simply did not match the hold locations pre-drilled in the canopy frame after the skirt was attached. Even though the template fit perfectly wikthout the canopy skirt in place. Basically, I just eye-balled the problem, then drilled the matching hole in the canopy skirt without the misdirecting template.
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Canopy taped in place prior to using hole duplicator

Canopy taped in place prior to using hole duplicator

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Back end of the 2 canopy skirts - LOTS oif work remains

Back end of the 2 canopy skirts - LOTS oif work remains

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Right Side Canopy Skirt

Right Side Canopy Skirt

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