RV-9A: Seats and Seat Floors - 9/22/2009
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 Time for the aft seat floors
Since I've already final drilled the F-742-L&R Aft Seat Floors to the fuselage floor ribs a long time ago, I got skip that step in the instructions. Now it's time for the F-637E hinges. I started cutting these guys out of the shortest set of hinges that come with the kit. I hope that is right.
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 Trimmed the two eyelets away in the middle of the hinges
Fortunately the bandsaw blade fits nicely between the eyelets for trimming these guys off. Then a little touchup with the scotchbrite wheel.
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 Time to drill the holes in the hinges
Whoa, get out your sliderule for this one! The measurements on the drawing look like an Einstein formula. I triple checked myself on these measurements. Here, I've marked on my ruler where the holes go, making the marking the hinges go a little faster.
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 Drillin' time!
I took quite a while to drill these guys, but my music is blaring and I'm in my man cave. It don't get no better than this!
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 Sliderule time again!
I drew a diagram on each floor seat showing exactly where each hinge goes and drilled straight into the workbench top. Then I clecoed them in place. Drilling into the workbench top helps hold stuff while you're working on the seats. I like the term "floor seat". It sounds like where some of my friends end up sitting after too many spirits at a Christmas party.
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