Remade the last horizontal tail shaping form. Then I coating the edges of the curved forms with several coats of a 50% cut of shellac. I read online that this was a good way to harden HDF without damaging its …
Horizontal Tail
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Sanded spring back allowance and flute notches into the curved horizontal tail rib shaping forms. I need to redo one of the front stabilizer rib shaping forms before I can call them all done.
Decided to wait to make …
Trimmed the horizontal tail section curved rib shaping forms flush to the patterns, rounded over edges, and angled the straight tail section rib forms to have spring back allowance.
Made progress on the pairs of shaping forms for curved horizontal tail section ribs. Also fabricated a pair of parts for the rudder: the upper hinge angles.
After a productive day, all the pattern template forms for the tail section assembly ribs are completed, and I got a head start on the rough shaping of the remaining curved shaping forms which are now able to be cut.
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Cut a couple more pattern templates for fabricating shaping forms for additional tail section rib parts.
Figured out a better way to cut angles on the table saw for straight sided ribs.