18 FEB 14: Page 8-4 step 1: 1 hour

Not much time in the shop tonight – first night back after the long weekend and flying out to San Antonio to visit friends.  Trimmed front spar caps, long/short stringers.  No pics.

19 FEB 14: Page 8-4 step 1, page 8-5 step 1: 2.5 hours

Finished deburring and smoothing edges of front spar caps, long/short stringers.  Deburred edges of HS-1002 front spar:

20 FEB 14: Page 8-5 steps 1-5: 4 hours

Finished deburring HS-1002 front spar.  Clamped and match-drilled spar caps:

 Deburred HS-1007 front spar doubler and front spar attachment brackets.  Clecoed together and match-drilled spar, spar doubler, and attachment brackets.  Final-drilled the HS-1002 front spar and the HS-1007 front spar doubler:

21 FEB 14: Page 8-5 steps 6-7: 1 hour

Only 1 hour tonight.  Countersunk 8 holes in the HS-1007 front spar doubler for 1/8” flush rivets:

Final drilled middle 9 holes in both flanges of the HS-1002 front spar using #40 drill and machine countersunk for 3/32” rivets:

22 FEB 14: Page 8-5 step 8: 1 hour

Disassembled HS-1002 front spar assembley and deburred all parts – no pic.

23 FEB 14: Page 8-6 steps 3-4, page 8-7 steps 1-5: 6 hours

Today was a day of nothing but rib prep.  Began with this lot:

Cut four of the HS-1004 inspar ribs – removed portions of the top and bottom flanges.  Bent the forward and aft end of two of the ribs.  The first 4:

Deburred all the inspar ribs.  The remaining 4 HS-1004s:

Deburred the eight HS-905 nose ribs.  Opened the aft flange of two of the ribs 9*:

 Even though the instructions do not mention it, deburred the 6 HS-904 inspar ribs:

A pretty long, monotonous day with not much to show for it, but it’s all part of the process!  I’m very glad I took the time to build the flange straightening tool – saved quite a bit of time I’m sure: