Wings

[Brock]

Finally ran out of chores to chase on the fuslage, for now, so had no choice but to switch gears from metal to wood.  Felt good to cut a few bits of wood.  Cut once measure thrice, or is that the other way around.

[Kamcoman77]

Looking good!

[Brock]

The spar-cap tapers were easier than I thought they would be.  Cut a wedge from a 2x4, taped it to the spar-web and ran it through the table saw.  First glue tomorrow.

[Brock]

Glued up the second front spar today.  Just like Isotopes, I had to add a bit (1/8th inch) to my filler block.

Tomorrow I am going to try out the scarfing sled which was setup, today, with a Hitachi router.  This Scarfing will be a first for me.  Hope to scarf all four spar webs in one go.  There is a lot of surface area in common between the spar-caps and spar-web.  I'm begining to think it might be better to glue it with TitebondIII instead of T-88.

[Kamcoman77]

I made a scarfing jig and tried a router as my 1st choice. Either the bit wasn't sharp enough or the router speed was too slow, but the thin plywood edge at the end was torn quite a bit. I added a steel strip at the end of the jig and switched to a belt sander. Worked great. If the router works for you, it will be a lot faster. I just wasn't happy with my test scarf using my router.