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I’m finally finished deburring, dimpling and priming the left elevator. Well, I’m done except for the trim tab components!
Finishing up the elevator skin was straight forward. Just a lot of deburring, followed by dimpling a bunch of holes that could all be reached by my pneumatic squeezer…simple! Next, time for more priming.
The left elevator skin is primed and ready for assembly.
Tonight, I also made my bending blocks for bending the tabs on the elevator skin and also on the trim tab. The blocks are just a piece of wood that has a wedge cut out. The wedge mimics the final bend angle of the elevator skin. If I’m unable to get a good bend, I’ll cut the tabs off and make riblets instead.
Simple wood bending blocks are used to bend the elevator and trim tabs. If this doesn't work, I'm making riblets!
