July 30, 2005 - Fuselage F-705 Bulkhead |
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| We are all familiar with the building steps: drilling, deburring, de-edging, de-vinyling, dimpling. I have decided to add a new one: de-labeling. All the parts and stock have a little adhesive label on them. They almost never come off cleanly. "De-Labeling" is the act of scraping the labels off, applying some "Goo-Gone" and cleaning off the adhesive. | ||||||
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These are all the top-assembly components -- minus the top bulkhead
itself. All are cut, de-edged, drilled, deburred and de-labeled.
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| The F-705 bulkhead clecoed together for the first time. | ||||||
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Match-drilling the side assembly to the top assembly. The thick
angle is underneath the clecos.
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| All the F-705 bulkhead components, cleaned, and ready for priming with Mar-Hyde. I briefly considered not priming the alcad-covered parts but quickly decided to prime them, since this bulkhead -- right behind the seats -- will be visible, will probably be painted, and should be primed before riveting. | ||||||
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| I scotch-brited the alcad-covered parts so the primer would adhere better. | ||||||
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| Looking good. | ||||||
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After priming, I realized I needed to counter-sink the top of the
plates.
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| Next step: rivet this mess together! | ||||||