It’s starting to look like a
wing! After a lot of time spent on the spars, I finally started putting
things together. I had a bit of a set back when I realized I had cut my
rear spars short. So I scarfed 6″
onto the ends of each spar. Not a big deal; I had done scarf joints
building boats long ago.
Hear is the spar (top piece) and the
piece I am adding. It took about an hour to prep each piece using a hand
plane; old school!
Checking
the fit; it needed just a little more work to get it right.
I
glued the joint with T88 epoxy and left the space heater on over night to cure.
One spar trimmed and the other one
ready to cut. I did some testing on the cut off piece and every break I
made in the wood fractured some place other than the scarf joint. Very
pleased with the outcome.
As
I said ….. old school and loving every minute of it.
Finished
spars ready to go. Next, make a couple of stands for the table and start
fitting ribs.
And
so it begins!
New
Years Day 2010! This is a piece of spruce about 1/4″ thick that I am using to mock up the
wing tip bow. I wanted to do this before continuing to make sure the
lengths of my spars were close. Turns out they look about right.
Now for more ribs …..
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