Rollbar #2 started
My replacement rollbar pieces came on Friday, so this weekend I started making roll bar #2. Found it a bit hard to get motivated, so I didn't finish it like I had hoped. I have it all drilled and deburred. I've countersunk the aft pieces. Need to countersink the forward pieces and it will be ready for prep and assembly.

I've been thinking about what went wrong on the first one. One thought is that when I riveted the two aft pieces together with the splice plate, I didn't check the width... I just riveted them together. I'm thinking that there was enough play in the splice plate rivets to allow it to be off. This time I'll clamp it to the table with the correct width and then rivet the splice plate on. My only other thought is that I just completely mis-measured the first time.

(Time: 6 hrs)


- posted by Matthew @ 7:39 AM