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Started working on the F-711 Bulkhead

I started off by fluting the flanges of the F-711A and F-711B bulkhead halves to make them sit flat on the work bench top. Then it came time for the F-711 C bars. These guys were real head-scratchers, trying to figure out exactly where to drill the holes and how long to make the bars. Then there is nose-dragger version and a tail-dragger version on the drawing to figure into the mix. So rather than try to cut these guys exactly to length, I decided to just cut the bar provided in half, which left the 2 pieces about 1/4 of inch too long. That way, I would have some left over to work with, rather than have the damn things too short. Then I drilled one hole in the ends of the bars and clecoed them to the A/B bulkheads. Then all I had to do was drill the other holes useing the A/B bulkheads as a drill guide.

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