I spent too much time working with wood and the resulting dust... I made a back riveting board from leftover table top by routing out space for the steel plate to inset, then put some screen trim on the edge and rubbed on a coat of shellac, cleaned up and got back to business with the plane.
even knowing it is aluminum, and an airplane part... it is still surpassingly light for its size
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fitting the framework together |
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finished horizontal stabilizer hung with great care :) |
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here is my back riveting board and plate that I made with leftovers from bench building |
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getting all of the parts together for the vertical stabilizer |
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starting to fit up the reinforcement plate |
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fluting pliers with a couple of flutes on the rib to bring the flange flat |
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looking like a part... after drilling (reaming) all of the pieces it all comes apart |
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vertical stabilizer skin freshly dimpled |
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all of the vertical stabilizer structure ready for final assembly |