Oil door cutting
Yesterday was the first meeting trying to get a new EAA chapter going on the Seattle Eastside. We had a great turn out, and everybody was enthusiastic about the idea.
Tonight I spent some time trimming the oil door. It is a little over-sized to start with. There were some scribe lines on it, but even those would make it too large to fit in the recess. I used the cut-off wheel to trim the sides. Hopefully that’s the last time I have to use that thing. It makes a huge cloud of dust. I cleaned up the sides on the stationary belt sander. Looks great.
I then clecoed all of the hinges in position and tried installing the cowls using the pins. Up to this point, I’ve just been clecoing and unclecoing to get it on/off. It was much easier than I expected. The top hinges gave me a little trouble, but pushing on just the right spot made them slide into place. Now I just need to sand the paint gaps, countersink the holes in the cowl, and attach all of the hinges. Getter closer.