The 'What did you do in your workshop tonight?' thread

[stangflyer]

A friend of mine that used to race Quickies told me one day that he knew it was time to clean the workbench when he had to set the airplane on a coffee can just to work on it.

Someone once told me, "A clean desk", (my HP days) is a sign of a sick mind. Now days, I can't even find my table. I know it is down there somewhere. Lurking beneath the layers of tools, parts, containers, irons, more tools, more parts...more containers....

I think it is safe to say I do not have a sick mind. LOL.

 

[Snoopy1]

It is pretty elegant, in it's simplicity.

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That does look clean and neat. I will have look at the plane and see if it can work. What makes the one you are showing neat is the small tie in the centre tie holding it in place properly. Thanks for that.

 

[BalsaDust]

First off errrrrr. Went to grab the fuse this morning to sand and prepare the back to glue the fin on. Already had the stab on and hit the fuse and to the floor it went bending the stab in the process. It’s still solid but still caused a little of the skin to delaminate.

After that frustration and glueing the vertical on I got the notch cut in the wing tip to fit the throwing blade. It’s all set and ready to go. Will get it glued in tonight or tomorrow morning.

 

[Xpress]

Someone once told me, "A clean desk", (my HP days) is a sign of a sick mind.

I must be sick as a dog then!!!

 

[49dimes]

First off errrrrr. Went to grab the fuse this morning to sand and prepare the back to glue the fin on. Already had the stab on and hit the fuse and to the floor it went bending the stab in the process. It’s still solid but still caused a little of the skin to delaminate.
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After that frustration and glueing the vertical on I got the notch cut in the wing tip to fit the throwing blade. It’s all set and ready to go. Will get it glued in tonight or tomorrow morning.
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Hangar rash is a part of our lives just like any other "itch" .

 

[Snoopy1]

First off errrrrr. Went to grab the fuse this morning to sand and prepare the back to glue the fin on. Already had the stab on and hit the fuse and to the floor it went bending the stab in the process. It’s still solid but still caused a little of the skin to delaminate.
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After that frustration and glueing the vertical on I got the notch cut in the wing tip to fit the throwing blade. It’s all set and ready to go. Will get it glued in tonight or tomorrow morning.
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It’s always the first one that hurts the most. And worst thing is you keep looking at it. Hope it’s on the bottom for you.

 

[BalsaDust]

It’s always the first one that hurts the most. And worst thing is you keep looking at it. Hope it’s on the bottom for you.

Nope on the top. My plan is to steam it to remove any bit of dent in the foam and then inject foam safe ca under the hood. As long as I do it right it won’t be noticeable.

 

[49dimes]

Now days I seem to "create" work that's not usually necessary. While attempting to epoxy the turtle deck former that had popped loose I put a nice little "Creator" in the turtle deck . And some thin ca down the side of the fuse was a nice touch too .

 

[Alky6]

Now days I seem to "create" work that's not usually necessary. While attempting to epoxy the turtle deck former that had popped loose I put a nice little "Creator" in the turtle deck . And some thin ca down the side of the fuse was a nice touch too .

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Just think of it as job security Kelly. What you really need is about 8 or 9 more airframes to work on. That’ll keep ya on the straight and narrow!

 

[Snoopy1]

Now days I seem to "create" work that's not usually necessary. While attempting to epoxy the turtle deck former that had popped loose I put a nice little "Creator" in the turtle deck . And some thin ca down the side of the fuse was a nice touch too .

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Sorry but I had to laugh I have done the same thing to many times we just cannot leave well enough alone.