Jamie
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The last few days I've been trying to get my fuselage level so I could drill the aft deck to the longerons of my -7A. I would check at the 704 (spar carry-through) and would set it level, then go to the back and pull out the twist at the deck. When I would go back and check the 704, it would be out of level again. I kept pulling my hair out...trying to figure out what was going on...I mean...the 704 was sitting on the sawhorse so it wasn't MOVING...so how could it be getting out of level?
Well, I got inspired and turned the level around 180 degrees and yep...the level was reading level one way and ~ 2 degrees off the other way. I've never done that much carpentry work before so this may be something that carpenters always check for.
At any rate, I went to the store and bought another level (but first checking to make sure it read the same in every orientation!) and everything worked out beautifully.
Well, I got inspired and turned the level around 180 degrees and yep...the level was reading level one way and ~ 2 degrees off the other way. I've never done that much carpentry work before so this may be something that carpenters always check for.
At any rate, I went to the store and bought another level (but first checking to make sure it read the same in every orientation!) and everything worked out beautifully.
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