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Old 06-19-2007 | 11:38 PM
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Default RE: Midwest Sweet Stick Revival (a work in progress)

Another day.. More work and a dumb mistake caused by rushing through things.

I framed up the rough core of the rudder yesterday.. Today I trimmed and sanded it into shape.
Then I cut and glued the sheeting together.. Sanded them smooth and glued them to the core..
That was my mistake.. I forgot to add the blocking for the hinges and ply for the control horn area.
Just to make things worse it didn't click for a few hours so the glue was already dry.

It's times like this I wish the glue didn't bond well.. The sheeting was stuck all to well.

I managed to carve out a 2" strip from the sheeting using a #11 blade.
After a bit of work with a good sharp chisel I had the cuts cleaned up and added the missing blocks.
I sanded the open area smooth with some 120 grit self sticking sand paper cut and stuck on a paint stick.
I cut a new piece of 1/16 sheeting and covered it up again.. It's back under the clamps till tomorrow.

I was kinda mad at myself and forgot to take pics of the repair process.
I just wanted to Get it done.

Looking at the pics I guess it's time to clean up the work bench eh?
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