Wednesday, July 23rd, 2008
Slim and the Braces
Keeping with the band names theme I give you Slim and the Braces. I rebuilt the engine model (for the last time, I swear) from the technical specs of the M4-30. You can see why I call it Slim.
Originally I had decided to cut out the rear pan under the ladder after I glassed in the middle set of stringers. In usual fashion I took back what I thought and decided to brace everything and cut it out. The brace also makes for a good place to sit and contemplate your woes.
It was raining like crazy today so I rigged up a shop light to the cabin roof. The extra ambient light and the cool weather made for very pleasant working. I also got a chance to use an incredibly old tool to rough up the fiberglass. It looks the the grandfather to the norton stripping brush.
Where it really shined was when I ran it in reverse. Instead of the normal stripping action (which was pretty good) the spring loaded tips would hit almost dead on and bounce back, almost like one of those really expensive pin scalers. Between this and a little help from the beast the bilge was ready for stringers and glass in short order. Tomorrow I’ll buy the wood (good Doug-fir is apparently really good for fiberglass cored construction).
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