Finished drilling left wing skin and fitted leading edge - 5 hours

I really wanted to finish the match drilling of the wings skins today. I put my head down and got it done. Since I only have 325 clecos I had to take the skins off the right wing and use all of those clecos for the left wing. I spent a lot of time taking messing with the wings, taking them off the stand, putting them back on the stand, checking level, checking twist, adjusting, clamping. The good news is that I am becoming a master at it.
I managed to finish the match drilling of the left wing skins in a matter of a couple of hours.


 
I created a template to help mark out the tie down bar. Then, I removed the clecos for the bottom skins. I really took a good look at the structure. Lots of metal shavings inside...I know straight away that I should remove the top skins as well. The metal shavings like to get into the matting surface between the skins and the rear spar. I think it best to get all the shavings out, so I uncleco'd the skins, wiped the left wings skins and wing skeleton. Then I cleco'd the top skins back on the wing. A very long and tedious process....but it's the right thing to do.
Did I mention the pneumatic cleco gun is amazing?
I was finally ready to put the left leading edge onto the assembly. It slipped on very nicely and just needed a tad bit of pressure to get the holes to line up for cleco's. Once the clecos where in....I stood back and admired the fit. Well done Vans, Well Done.

Starting to match drill the left wing - 3 hours

I am very motivated to keep on trucking on the wings. I decided that the only way to get some real progress done this weekend is to remove all the clecos from the right wing and left leading edge, and use them to match drill the left wing skins. A bit of a waste of time to remove all the clecos only to have to reinstall them later. But time I have....clecos I do not.
Besides....This plays well with the fact that my wing stand has little access in between the wings.
I removed the right wing from the stand and placed on the table. I set the left wing up and on the stand and began the process of checking level, twist, etc. Not a quick process but I managed to start clecoing the skin on.
 
I also took this opportunity to take a better look at the rear spar rivets that the drill made contact with when match drilling the rear spar. It looks so much better than I originally thought. I took out the dremel and placed electrical tape around the area. With a small buffing wheel on the lowest speed, I very carefully touched up the factory heads to remove and sharp edges. only took a second, but I am extremely pleased how it turned out.

Started the stall warning assembly - 1 hour

Another stellar night of little progress. I decided to jump into the stall warning assembly. I cut the mounting brackets and made sure I was working on the correct piece. I trimmed, deburred and cleaned up the edges on the mounting bracket.
 
Step 2 - Match drill #10....Ahh Crap. I do not have a #10 drill. Reading a bit further...Match Drill #31. Yup...Don't have that either. 


Isn't that the way it goes. I just put in a huge order yesterday...and totally missed these.
So I decided to never have this particular issue again cause it keeps rearing its head....I ordered the 1-60 drill set from Cleveland.  

Local builder meetup & Clecoed the left leading edge assembly - 1 hour

Another small night on the build. I clecoed the left leading edge assembly.
 




I met a few new local builders tonight. It's always great to get to know those in the game, and always a pleasure to learn from those more experienced than I. The group spent some time talking 'shop' and I was able to show some of my progress off. I was pleased to get some positive feedback and also some pointers.
 

Order stuff and Devinyl left leading edge skin - 1 hour

Progress has come to a grinding hault. I've simply run out of clecos so I have been waiting to get the bonus from work to put in the big order...which finally came. Also took time off from the build to go skiing in the mountains last weekend. So now was the time to get all the things that I need to continue;
From Vans - 500 clecos, 2 flop tubes and plates for aerobatic tanks, safety wire, keyed deluxe fuel caps, Conduit, Proseal, Polygone Gel and a fuel tank test kit.
From Cleveland Tools - Mini Tungsten bucking bar, Electrical Crimpers, Reamers, 6" cobalt drill bit, Edge Roller tool, fly cutter, vise grip dimpler.
Misc - Weight scale, small spatulas.
Put the orders in....Should take some time to get here.
I decided to jump back into it by working on the leading edges. I started to devinyl the left leading edge skin.