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I finally got back to work after being out of town for a week and just getting back into the swing of things. I too stuff to CA, but I seemed to never make the time. Here I have inserted the wood hardpoints into the spar and I have laid over two layers of BID on top. I learned at the Copperstate flyin this last weekend that I should trim off the end of the fiberglass so that the sag does not lift the edge up and create an airspace. I definitely saw that on this layup, but too late.

After the fiberglass cured I trimmed off the edges with the dremel tool. You can see the fiberglass in the background. The other thing I learned at the flyin was the real use of peel ply. At the workshop the instructor just made it sound like peel ply was always used and left on until the piece was needed. I definitely could see that it will smooth the edges as epozy fills in the gap between the edges. I had used peel ply once and I did not see the difference. I should have been using it.

The next day I wend over to Boyds and created these nut plates. I should have made them longer. They cannot be wider since they come close to the edge of the spar, but they certainly could have been longer to leave room for the rivets that would be used to attach then to the spar. Building these was quite a process that was made longer by hanging out talking and Boyd having to walk me through everything. I didn't mind taking the time and working slowly. He had the scrap aluminum and all the tools.

Here the nutplates are laid out next to the spar where they will be attached with rivets. I have to order some more rivets. I am ok with having to wait for orders. I actually placed an order two days ago for some misc parts. I am really reluctant to order more than I need at that exact moment. There will always be something to work on.