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Date:  8-10-2020
Number of Hours:  2.40
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Brief Description:  Forward Baggage Cover Panel #18

After working out a plan I began to plan out my work. I removed the inboard stiffiner from the shelf. Those stiffiners are .031 and I am replacing it with one .062. I had to cut the paint around the rivet heads with a Xacto knife to keep them from removing the paint from the surrounding area.

I made a stiffner out or .750 x .500 aluminum angle. Once I fitted the length and cleaned it up a bit I marked the centerline and drilled the end hole then match drilled the rest of the rivet holes from the skin to the stiffiner.

I measured out where I wanted to place nutplates and marked, drilled, countersunk them while matching them into the skin. I started to put the nutplates in the stiffiner.
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Drill out old stiffiner

Drill out old stiffiner

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New Stiffiner

New Stiffiner

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Inserting nutplates

Inserting nutplates

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