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9/19/06

Finished my Priming Frames and Worked on the Rudder - Here is a shot of my frames with hard wire cloth on them. Much better than the chicken wire. I got an extra set of these plastic saw horses (right) because the frame fits nicely in the groove on the top of the horses. Not having legs on the frames will make them easier to store since I already have limited space in my garage...I mean my wife's pottery studio.

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9/19/06

Finished my Priming Frames and Worked on the Rudder - Per the plans I drilled the aft three R909 attach holes in R901L & R (right shown) to #30, deburred, and dimpled them.

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9/19/06

Finished my Priming Frames and Worked on the Rudder - Installed E-614-20 on R912 and drilled the aft hole through R912. Clecoed the aft hole and drilled the forward hole using R912 as a drill guide.

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9/19/06

Finished my Priming Frames and Worked on the Rudder - Countersunk E-614-20 for a #10 screw.

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9/19/06

Finished my Priming Frames and Worked on the Rudder - Deburred R912, but I don't have a #10 dimple die. I will order one from Avery.

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9/19/06

Finished my Priming Frames and Worked on the Rudder - Set up R916 for machine countersinking. I saw this method on VAF posted by Brad Oliver and I liked it, so I am going to give it a try. I drilled holes in MDF using R916 as a drill gide and clecoed R916 to the MDF. Note the aft edge of R916 has to be flush or hanging over (very slightly) the edge of the MDF.

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9/19/06

Finished my Priming Frames and Worked on the Rudder - Used a single flute #30 piloted CS bit to CS the holes.

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9/19/06

Finished my Priming Frames and Worked on the Rudder - Once I finished all of the holes that were drilled to the MDF I moved the wedge down and finished the ones that were initially hanging off the edge. I used the same holes I drilled initially. I then flipped it over and did the same thing. The nice thing about this method is the holes in the MDF hold the pilot when you do the second side and if the holes are enlarged slightly the CS bit won't move. I used flush plus two clicks on the microstop, per the plans, for the CS depth. It came out great. Nice idea Brad!

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