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Old 05-19-2009 | 08:29 AM
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Default RE: First Scratch Build



I've been making a little progress on this project, I'll have to get some photos up tonight. </p>

I have all of my ribs shaped. It turns out that I really don't need the scroll/band saw that I was going to get. I took one of my shaped ribs and traced it 10 times onto a 4"x36" sheet of 1/8". Then I just cut straight lines between all the pieces using a ruler and an exacto knife. I used a T-pin through a mark on each rib to stack them up straight and then drilled the dowel holes. Once they were stacked, I just made straight cuts using my Zona razor saw until i was within 1/8" or so of the template line. The I was able to finish shaping on the belt sander.</p>

I ran lines across the stack using a square to mark the spar, LE, and other stick locations, and cut them using my razor saw. I have dry fit one wing half, and it looks like it all fits pretty well.</p>

The sticks that I ordered for the spars came in as balsa instead of hardwood, so I will pick up new spars at my LHS today. Other than that, the order from NB still seems pretty good.</p>