August 21, 2005 - Fuselage Bulkheads
First I worked on the last bulkhead, the F-712. Like the F-711, I had to round the corners of the flange teeth. Then I clecoed the two bulkheads together and match-drilled them. Next I bent the flanges to where I thought they should be, then fluted. After that, I deburred the holes, edge-smoothed the edges, removed the labels, etc. etc.
I went back through each bulkhead and checked to see I had all the holes
drilled. I found that I needed to drill a few more holes on some,
like this static port hole. I smoothed some rough edges.
Then I scuffed up all the pieces a little with the scotch-brite so that
the primer would adhere better. It took me a few hours to do all
of that.
I took all the parts upstairs and washed them in the sink. Here
they are after their bath. My next step was to wipe them down with
acetone as required to remove Sharpie markings.
