December 15, 2005
Time to fit the counter weight in.
A vixen file makes quick work of taking the lead down. Really, just the front needs to be trimmed a little to clear the rivets that will be on either side.
Everything's fit and I used this Avery #10 screw dimpler to do the dimples. An astute viewer will note at this point that I'm dimpling a tooling hole, NOT the proper counterbalance hole. Woops :)
4 holes where there should be three. That's what happens when you drill everything like this...
Instead of like this... Really not a big deal. I just flattened out the errant dimple and moved on.
The front spar flange needed to be straightened out a bit. This helped with a little of the oil-canning I had when it was clecoed together. Didn't fix it entirely, but it's really not that bad. These skins are so thin I think you'll get a little oil-canning no matter what you do.
Thanks to Dan Checkoway for this tip. Oh no! My dimple pliers don't fit. What ever will I do.
Dan's solution? Bend it out of the way, dimple it, then bend it back.