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09-04-2006, 03:34 PM
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Bottom skins bucked on the table, or in the cradle?
How did all you slow builders do it? It happens to be my next step...
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09-04-2006, 03:40 PM
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Hey Chad.
If you're talking flaps and ailerons....on the table (back riveted).
b,
dr
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How did all you slow builders do it? It happens to be my next step...
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09-04-2006, 04:18 PM
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I presume you mean bottom wing skins.... did it in the jig... find a bucking partner with long skinny arms... 
gil in Tucson
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09-04-2006, 04:53 PM
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I did mine in the cradle....and yup, a friend with long arms...
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09-04-2006, 05:09 PM
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In the cradle - and I hope you aren't the one with the long arms, like I was!
I used a total of three different people on various days to do the shooting, while I bucked most of the rivets. We ended up with a smattering of dings and smilies in the bottom skin, which look somewhat ugly in places, but I think once it's painted you won't be able to tell.
good luck,
mcb
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09-04-2006, 05:13 PM
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I can personally vouch that short stubby arms (mine) can buck the bottom inner skins in the cradle! My wife handled the gun. Can't comment on the bottom outboard since I have not done them yet. However, they don't appear difficult.
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09-04-2006, 05:35 PM
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How did all you slow builders do it? It happens to be my next step...
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Did my 6A wings on the jig and my 9A on the table.
The table was a little easier.
Peter
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09-04-2006, 06:47 PM
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pain in the neck
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Originally Posted by mburch
In the cradle - and I hope you aren't the one with the long arms, like I was!
I used a total of three different people on various days to do the shooting, while I bucked most of the rivets. We ended up with a smattering of dings and smilies in the bottom skin, which look somewhat ugly in places, but I think once it's painted you won't be able to tell.
good luck,
mcb |
looks like a c-spine MRI in you future. 
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09-04-2006, 06:59 PM
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table
did them both on the table cause i was a one man gang. i would still do it this way very stress free and no where near as contorting as what i have seen..
half way up, one bay over,half way up ,go back and finish first up, the over just like the plans say. no problems. dont forget the duct tape.
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09-04-2006, 07:19 PM
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On the cradle.
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Last edited by N941WR : 09-06-2006 at 11:19 AM.
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