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Dinner Dimpling

   Published Date: October 16, 2025  Leave a Comment on Dinner Dimpling

After some dinner, I headed back out to the airplane factory (garage) a to make a little more progress.

I whipped out the ole soldering iron and found a straight piece of wood to devinyl the vertical stabilizer skin. These are pretty (although I probably won’t keep the blue vinyl on the outside once it’s finished.
The devinyling on the inside acts as a mask for only priming the mating surfaces where the ribs will go. This all gets pulled out before riveting.
Next up, some deburring and dimpling of the forward spar.
All the forward spar and ribs for the vertical, being primed in the “paint booth.”
I do like this pretty green, but I am going to switch back to NAPA primer.
Once that was all dry, I started riveting together the forward VS spar.
Some pretty shop heads.
A closeup of the finished forward skeleton sitting on the rear spar.
Walking back into the house, I turned around to admire the progress.

2.5 more hours tonight with 8 rivets set.

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