Spent a few hours this morning doing some random things but most of it was concentrated around the cabin top. The primary thing I was working on is making some hardpoints to attach the overhead console to the top. A couple years back when I was still in the Grandbury TX EAA chapter, a felow chapter member showed me what he was doing with Debbie Dewey on here -10. One of the things included an S-10 overhead console. It was a perfect fit with the overhead lights all being in perfect positions. So I picked up a new one off of eBay for like $30. Since then I know several other people have picked up on this and are also doing it. T^he hardpoints I'm making are basically a cylinder of flocked epoxy with a chunk of aluminum in it. Once hard I'll shave off a substantial amount from the hardpoints and get them down to the proper height. I can then drill and tap the flock/aluminum to secure the console to the top.
Chunk of AL to be embedded as hardpoint
I used a forstner bit to remove fiberglass to the core.
Flocked epoxy with AL chunk embedded in a AL tape form.
