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TimSPEED

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Hi everyone.
Just wondering if anyone has built a free standing wing jig. The ceiling in my workspace is very high, making it challenging to do a floor to ceiling post per the plans suggestions. And I am guessing (hoping even) that I am not the first to be in this boat?

So please if you have done this and would like to share, that's much appreciated.

Thanks
 
This is what I did and it was very sturdy. The diagonal brace on top kept everything in position. The 6x6 posts were anchored to the floor.
 

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Hey, thanks very much for the share.
Also I see you have it set with a wing each side, did that work good for you? I like the idea of progressing each wing half together.
 
I made up a free-standing frame to support both wings at once, with enough space between them to work easily. Built it in place on the workshop floor to make sure everything was square.

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I supported the spars outside the frame, on steel angle outriggers with adjustable supports. Similar but smaller supports lower down to adjust the rear spar positions and angles.

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I also used the central wooden outriggers on the floor to attach threaded rods supporting the rear spars near their mid points.

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All worked well, as long as I remembered not to trip over the cross-members on the floor.
 
Some great inspiration here, I really appreciate it.
Question, roughly high high above ground have you located the shelf that the spar rests on?
 
The one for my RV-3B is HERE and drawings for it are HERE.

I wanted at least 3 feet all around the wings and the same between them. More is a little better. It definitely helped to have them together like that.

I put a big R and a big L on each wing, on the blue vinyl, just as a reminder. That didn't hurt one bit.

Dave
 
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