Michael Smith - Experimental Aircraft Builder's Log

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Date: 1-8-2010
Number of Hours: 2.50
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Brief Description: Wing rib router blocks & rib cutting

- Finished making the plywood blocks/patterns for the flush router bit to follow - Used them to cut out two wing nose ribs. The router method really works slick. Quite a mess of aluminum shavings, though. I have a video up on YouTube, of the process for cutting ribs with a router: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kpZyJPbEons

Router with flush bit, about to cut lightening holes

Top and bottom blocks with aluminum sandwiched between

The finished product. A little deburring and it's ready for flanging & bending

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