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Old 04-11-2009 | 12:51 AM
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Default RE: Cutting ribs

What the best way to cut the spar notchs. I fine the knife isn't doing a nice clean notch.
Through I get if I am covering the wing with solid color no one going to see the little messes.



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if you are cutting a constant chord wing stack up your would as thick as you can for your saw. A bandsaw works best. Lay your pattern on top. Run some long pins down thru the top, and also up from the bottom so the wood stays stacked precisely. Cut it outside the line on the saw leaving the line on the top part. now set them on your belt/wheel sander and gently take them down to the line, ..Unpin and you are set.