I may get flamed for this, but...
I'm ready to rivet my aft deck down, but for one of the spacers that goes between the angle at the top of one of the bulkheads and the aft deck (the 9.28" x 1" spacer) I ran out of AS3-125 (I previously used this piece for something else).
Now, I have a piece of non-aircraft alum angle that is the right thickness, and i could cut a strip off this, prime it and use it for my spacer. I don't believe it is Alclad. Would this be extremely foolish? the other option of course is to order a new part from vans, but living in Canada this means a $40 customs brokerage fee for a $4 part, or else waiting 3 weeks for the little spacer - I don't want to start working on skins until I have the aft deck riveted in place, since it is what keeps the fuse from twisting.
Thoughts?
I'm ready to rivet my aft deck down, but for one of the spacers that goes between the angle at the top of one of the bulkheads and the aft deck (the 9.28" x 1" spacer) I ran out of AS3-125 (I previously used this piece for something else).
Now, I have a piece of non-aircraft alum angle that is the right thickness, and i could cut a strip off this, prime it and use it for my spacer. I don't believe it is Alclad. Would this be extremely foolish? the other option of course is to order a new part from vans, but living in Canada this means a $40 customs brokerage fee for a $4 part, or else waiting 3 weeks for the little spacer - I don't want to start working on skins until I have the aft deck riveted in place, since it is what keeps the fuse from twisting.
Thoughts?