February 7, 2006 - Aft Deck
The euphoria of flipping the canoe over, I had to lower the thing so I'd be able to work on it.  (With the existing sawhorses, the Fuselage sat so high in the air that the top of the side skin was eye level).  I needed to do it cheaply and fast.  Some builders buy an expensive fuselage stand that turns or build these elaborate wing spar stands that would take me a week to build.  I did not want to spend much money or time on this particular task. 

On an unknown impulse, I headed down to the basement shop and started cleaning it up. Then I looking at my steel sawhorses, it occurred to me that if I took the 2x4 off of the top, and removed the leg extensions, the fuse might be low enough.  I knew I needed to get it down to 21” off the floor or so.  So I took the new yellow sawhorse, pulled the 2x4, and removed the extensions.  It was now about 25” high.  Not bad, but still too high.  I figured if I used the Dremel tool to cut a few inches off each leg, that would get me close to 21”.  So that’s what I did.  The new dremel tool worked really well trimming the steel legs.  Afterwards, I lifted the fuse while Lynnette swapped sawhorses.  Much better. Now the fuse is in much better position to work on, although it’s not going to be a picnic under any circumstances.  Didn’t have to buy anything ... only took an hour... Yeah.  .  Cool. 

Here is the fuse supported by the "modified" sawhorse under the F-704 bulkhead (main spar).  The tail is supported by one of my "unmodified" sawhorses. 

A close-up of the modified sawhorse. 
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