October 3, 2006 - SubPanel Reinforcers

I had made the Panel reinforcer but I still had the three subpanel reinforcers.  The drawings call for a 1/4" radius circle at the vertex of the wedge cutouts, so I used the 1/4" bit in the drill press.  I copied Dan Checkoway's technique of clamping some scrap angle to the drill press to use as a guide.  Doing that made the drilling go very quickly.  Then I used the snips to cut out the wedtes. 
Next I sat on the couch for a couple of hours and filed and sanded edges. 
I had ordered some rudder cable fairings from Avery Tools.  Before I could rivet them on, I had to install Adel clamps on the the plastic tubes that covers the rudder cables as they exit the fuselage sides.  It was a little tricky getting the washers and nuts started but I got it done. 
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