Bending the Elevator Skins - 2 hours

I have asked a friend (Mike) over to give me a hand bending the elevators. He has more experience than I in this and I trust his judgement. I taped the 1/8" dia. dowels to the corners that need to bend. I used long strips of painters tape. I held the elevator in place and Mike slowly squeezed the brake, and little by little we bent the elevator skins. The painters tape is great as it allowed us to easily remove the dowel once we were done.

I was extremely pleased how they turned out. Beautiful bends....I will have to touch them up with the woods blocks as the plans suggest. They are slightly under-bent, but in my books you don't want to over-bend with the brake.