Started F705 bulkhead

March 11, 2014 – After finishing the F704 bulkheads, I gathered up the parts for the F705 bulkhead. Spent a little time studying and highlighting the drawing because there are several notes to pay attention to.

I started by making the little 1/2″ x 1 1/2″ spacers. I cut them to size, and started working on the 3/32″ x 1/64″ edge. I think I read this to be more like a slot or a joggle. Now that it’s done and I start fitting a few pieces together, I think it’s more of just a chamfer, since these spacers seem to fit right at a joggle in another piece. Oh, well. Not a problem. I only lost a little time. More pictures on that later.

The next step is to start lining up bars with a part of the bulkhead so they can get drilled. I drew a line down the center of a pretty substantial bar, and clamped it in place so you can see the centerline in the fastener holes:

The drawing and the instructions indicate that several pieces should be stacked for drilling, but I’m going to do one piece at a time. First this bar, then each spacer, then the joggled bars on top of those.

I need to drill these holes, but it’s getting late, and Mama didn’t sleep well last night, so…

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