cjtyped

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I have a scratch built plane. Fuse former is not drilled, but wing is. Trying to line up dowels for accuracte drilling. Have tried putting dowels in wing, painting them with magic marker, and trying to get a mark on fuse former. Any other ideas? Thanks in advance.

upnflyin

I am guessing your dowels are not glued in yet. Just sharpen another set to a real nice point and make a dent impression in your former for alignment. Good luck
upnflyin

Rodney

If this is a top mounted wing, drill the hole in the bulkhead slightly lower than you think it needs to be. Then, by trial and error, slowly enlarge the hole upward until the wing slips in. The open area in the hole below will not hurt anything and will aid in mounting the wing later as the wing can be at slight angle when you insert the dowels. If a lower wing, drill the first hole slightly higher than you think it should be and do the same trial and error enlarging the hole downward until things fit.

MinnFlyer

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Ditto to what Rodney said.

Unless...

Is the fuse Finished, or is the nose area still open?

If it is open you can drill oversized holes for the dowels to do through, and then glue wooden "Donuts" to the forward side of the Fuse Former

cjtyped

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Got , guys. It fits just right. I used my drill motor to put a point on 2 dowels, and then painted them with a black magic marker. I first covered the former with some yellow masking tape, then fit the wing. The dowels marked the former perfectly. i did have to go to Lowe's and get a 90* drill attachment ( really, just an excuse to go there ). But all is well. Thank You everyone.

upnflyin

Instead of using magic marker use what some finish carpenters use. A womans lip stick will transfer right over. Use it to trans. door strikers etc. Cheap stuff too. Just buy it where they don't know you or will ever see you again. Or hit up the other half.