| Date: |
3-12-2010 |
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| Number of Hours: |
3.00 |
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| Brief Description: |
Straightening and Fluting the Wing Ribs |
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Started straightening and fluting the wing ribs. By straightening I mean making the flanges at a right angle to the web of the rib. Fluting is done to make the rib straight and flat. My fluting tool is from Avery Tools and is a modified vice grip. It works well but tends to lose the adjustment I set. I'm considering adding a wing nut to the adjustment screw to hold the adjustment but it means I will have to undo the wing nut to reset the fluting adjustment. Tradeoffs... |
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