August 31, 2006 - More Cabin Frame |
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I put the cabin frame itself over the mounting brackets and was surprised
to find that the cabin frame was a little narrow at the base. When I
built the thing, the distance was perfect. I guess it shrunk a
little during the riveting. It's not bad, though. I think when
I bolt the cabin frame to the brackets, the bolts will pull the cabin
frame open a little.
Next I worked on the bracket that runs from the cabin frame to the baggage bulkhead. |
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I drilled the upper skin to the support braccket and a thick spacer that
you can't see here.
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| Then I match-drilled the forward part of the support bracket to the cabin frame bracket and the little side angles that I had previously fashioned. | ||||||
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Using the outer skin as a template, I drilled the forward holes to #30.
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| Then I drilled the inner holes to #12 and installed the #12 bolts. I had absolutely no luck trying to get the nuts started with just my fingers through the rear access hole. | ||||||
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| Then I tried my hingemate tool for the first time and it worked beautifully! I had ordered this and some other similar type tools tool some time ago because I hate wasting time trying to get washers and nuts on hard to get to bolts. It can take minutes to do each one by hand, or using a tool like this, seconds. | ||||||
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