Fuselage Frame #8 Construction

• May 5, 2005 -- Frame jig #8 drafting
• August 28, 2005 -- Cut your plane in half
• August 30, 2005 -- Frame #8 clean up, second half of frame #10
• September 16, 2005 -- Second half frame #8, weather worries
• September 17, 2005 -- Many magnificent molds, frame #2 started
• October 8, 2005 -- Frame #1 gluing, scarfed frames 10 and 8, cleaned up frames 7 and 9
• October 13, 2005 -- Frame joining jig success, joined first frame #8
• October 15, 2005 -- Glue cleanup, laminated first half of second frame #8, joined frame #10
• November 5, 2005 -- Second half of second frame #8 laminated, frame #11 cleaned up
• November 6, 2005 -- Scarf cut screwup, joined frame #11, structure for frame #9
• November 11, 2005 -- My glue setup, second frame #8, take two
• November 12, 2005 -- More laminating, drew frame #6 gluing strip and correct diagonal frame #2
• November 13, 2005 -- Sawdust day, joined new second frame #8, structure for frame #11
• November 17, 2005 -- Structure for frame #7 and larger frame #8
• November 20, 2005 -- Final fuselage lamination done, frame #6 diagonal, joined frame #1, structure for smaller frame #8
• January 11, 2006 -- Started covering frames, frame #8, frame #11
• March 5, 2006 -- Frame #8 second cover, caught an error checking other frame dimensions
• March 19, 2006 -- Matching frame #8's
• March 26, 2006 -- Second frame #8 covered, all aft frames covered