Brief Description: Prepping aft fuselage for assembly
I have decided to close out the rear fuselage so that when I finish and rig the empannage components, there is very little concern that things may move out of rig when I do the final closure of the aft fuselage. In preparation for closure, I am finishing up a few nusance task I left for later. One such task is trimming the bottom of the sid skin so that it is the proper edge distance from the lower line of holes. This was done using the Olfa knife. If I had used shears, it would have left a wavy edge. Once everything was cut and deburred (lots of deburring) I put a slight downturn on the skin edge using a rolling tool. This slight bend will make sure that the skin edge sits tight against the mating part after riveting. I like to roll the edges before putting the dimples in because the tool is easier to use on the flat surface.
Doing final trim on lower edge of side skin
Rolling the top and bottom edges
Both side skins cut, rolled, deburred and ready for dimpling
