blueflyer
Well Known Member
Im sure others have done this before me, but it has worked so well in a few places in the construction of my emp, I thought I would post it. This trick helped me to drill the elevator horns perfectly. Once I got the counterweight flush with the surface of the stabilizer, I put a little of my daughter's paint on the end of my bolt.
Then I stuck the bold thru the hole and touched it to the elevator horn.
And voila, it showed me where to drill.
Then I just drilled a #40 pilot hole in the center of the paint mark, then drilled to size. The placement was perfect.
![paintedbolt.jpg](/community/proxy.php?image=http%3A%2F%2Fi1132.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fm562%2FBlueflyer1993%2Fpaintedbolt.jpg&hash=87af53561a81c248fc6c3e8c2d4e526c)
Then I stuck the bold thru the hole and touched it to the elevator horn.
![boltthruhole.jpg](/community/proxy.php?image=http%3A%2F%2Fi1132.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fm562%2FBlueflyer1993%2Fboltthruhole.jpg&hash=23d2589635dbbe3b0ec17af7db1bf326)
And voila, it showed me where to drill.
![paintonhorn.jpg](/community/proxy.php?image=http%3A%2F%2Fi1132.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fm562%2FBlueflyer1993%2Fpaintonhorn.jpg&hash=01d86e6274b0c9e4022e57bc513f84d2)
Then I just drilled a #40 pilot hole in the center of the paint mark, then drilled to size. The placement was perfect.