Continued
reading manual. Ordered (3) books by Tony Bingelis. Finished
reading the manual.
Dec-3
.6hrs
Began
looking over plans
Dec-6
2hrs
Looked
over materials list and the refernce manual again. Determined
what to build first, and in what order. Start with the
wings since building the wing ribs won't be an overly
expensive start to the project. Determined what to build
first, and what order.
Dec-7
.7hrs
Placed order for material.
1994
Jan-6
1.5hrs
Began building, or should I say, I have begun to cut out the parts
Cut plywood for one wing rib jig.
Jan-7
.6hrs
Glued down full size Upper Wing Rib drawing to the 3/4" plywood jig.
Took measurements of all ribs. Need to figure out what lengths of 1/4x1/4 capstrips to be cut. Not mentioned on bill of materials.
Jan-8
2hrs
Nailed bronze brads in jig to hold position of capstrips. (read this in one of Tony B's books)
Used balsawood strips for alignment (need to order additional capstrips)
Jan-9
4.1hrs
Contined working on the jig. Nailed in additional nail guides. Began fitting
capstrips for cross piece guides. Finished Upper Wing Rib jig w/o aileron. Labled verticals and diagonals. Ordered capstrips, 1/4" birch plywood
and aluminum sheet.
Jan-27
.8hrs
Started building rib jig for Lower Wing Rib.
Jan-31
0hrs
Received 1/4" capstrips. Only rec'd 135, shorted by 10. Also received 1/4" x 2' x 4'
birch ply and 2' x 4' aluminum sheet.
Feb-5
1.7hrs
Began working on making Lower Wing Rib jig
Feb-6
.8hrs
Continued working on Lower Wing Rib jig.
Feb-9
2.1hrs
Traced Nose rib onto plywood to make cutting jig. Rough cut Nose rib on bandsaw. Filed and
fitted Upper Wing Nose Rib pattern into jig.
Feb-13
.7hrs
When fitting up Nose Rib pattern to wing jig low
spots were found. Used wood putty to build up areas.
Feb-14
2.1hrs
Began cutting LWA Wing gussets by hand.
Cut 9, 29 to go. Going REAL slow.
Feb-18
0hrs
Purchased Royobi 10" scrollsaw. Hope this speeds
things up!
Feb-19
1hr
Cut LWA Gussets on saw. Cut 6 in less than 15
minutes. GREAT !
Feb-26
1.5hrs
Cut the rest of LWA Gussets. Traced LWB Gussets.
Feb-28
.8hrs
Cut LWB Gussets
Mar-2
1hr
Traced and cutout patterns for LWC and LWD Gussets. Traced gussets
onto mahogany ply (LWC and LWD)
Mar-3
2.1hrs
Cut gussetsand traced 38 more(LWE and LWH.) Cut gussets LWC.
Mar-5
1.8hrs
Cut gussets LWD, cut gusset patterns for LWE and LWH. Started tracing (72) gussets
Mar-11
1hr
Cut gussets LWH, traced and cut gussets LWF
Mar-13
.9hrs
Traced LWF Gussets, traced LWJ and LWG gussets
Mar-18
.8hrs
Cut gussets
Mar-19
1.6hrs
Cut gussets, and made patterns LWI, LWL, LWM, LWN, LWQ, began tracing patterns onto plywood (Brief note: I have
labeled the gussets on the blue print and have made and lettered each of the gussets to correspond with it. LWA is Left Wing gusset A, and so on.)
Mar-21
.5hrs
Cut gussets and made patterns LWI, LWL, LWM, LWN, LWQ and gegan tracing patterns onto plywood
Mar-21
1.6hrs
sanded edges of gussets
Mar-22
.7hrs
Sanded edges of gussets (I haven't even started glueing up a rib yet!)
Traced and rough cut capstrip patterns for Upper Wing
May-25
1.2hrs
Continued rough cutting capstrips
Jun-5
1hr
Rough cut more capstrips for Upper Wing. Purchased 6" disc sander
Jun-6
2.2hrs
Traced gussets for Upper Wing Ribs
Jun-9
.8hrs
Traced gussets
Jun-13
1.5hrs
Traced gussets
Jun-14
1.8hrs
Traced gussets
Jun-24
.7hrs
Began cutting and fitting spar blanks for upper and Lower rib jigs
Jun-25
2.6hrs
Cut a few more gussets
Jun-27
2.9hrs
and more gussets
Jul-4
3.1hrs
Sanded gussets
Jul-5
2.9hrs
Sanded gussets for Upper Wing and sorted all Upper Wing gussets.
Jul-7
.7hrs
Began cutting and fitting spar blanks for upper and Lower rib jigs
Jul-14
.7hrs
Started to lay-up ribs/ Not happy with current jig. Cut and glued up an
additional 1/4" to build up jig for proper clearance
Jul-16
2.25hrs
FINALLY ! Laid up one, ONE rib, glued and nailed
Jul-17
2hrs
Laid up, glued and nailed one rib.
Jul-18
2.25hrs
Another rib.
Jul-21
2.25hrs
Produced 4th rib - LONG and tedious. Will it EVER get faster?
Jul-24
2hrs
And another rib.
1999
0hrs
A hiatus. Looking at plans again. Have thought about it many times.
Long break in project. Guess I'm one of those guys that you read about finishing a project 10, 15, 20 year later. May purchase a welded up
fuselage.
2004
Sep-6
Didn't work on the plane AT ALL last time. Determined this time to work on it on a regular basis. Selling T-craft to buy a single
place biplane to fly acro. Building this for the joy of building the beast with my own two hand (at least most of it)