RV-9A: Forward Assembly - 5/15/2009
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 All riveted and ready roll!
Thanks to my bucking buddy Norwood, we got this dude all riveted and now it's time to "roll the canoe". We pulled all the sawhorses out except for the one in the front and the one in the back. Then we put one of the sawhorses at the end of the front saw horse and carefully rolled the fuselage over on it's side, laying it's the temporary block of wood in the main bulkhead onto the second horse. Then it was just a matter of picking the front end and rolling it again, replacing the saw horses with the new short sawhorse I built.
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 Thar' tis'! Ain't it purdy?
This is soooo cool. I'm really amazed at how big it looks on the inside. I can't wait to get started on the next step.
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 Here's my homemade flat sawhorse
It's made from an old piece of 1x12 shelfing and some 2x4s. It's 12 inches high. I hope that is an OK height. We'll see.
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 Here's my tail stiffleg
I was guessing when I made this dude before rolling the fuselage. The 2x4 on top was cut at an angle and has the inside scooped out to match the bottom of the fuselage so it won't slide off.
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