| Started by floxing in the Air Vent retainer rings. Being particularly careful to not get any flox on the threads of the vents |
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| themselves. Also Drilled and floxed the coat hanger rod. I had a 12" 1/4" drill bit so I was able to get it very close to the surface. |
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| While that was setting up did a little yad work. then Came back and drilled the holes for the light switches and also the hole for |
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| the Baggage light. then I installed the nutplates. I added about 7 nutplates for a total of 22. Some of the pictures that I've seen |
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| show a slight bowing of the close out piece after the seal has been added. I wanted to avoid that if possible, hence the extra |
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| nutplates they are aprox 2 5/8" to 2 3/4" on center. Then preparred for the big moment. of bonding the console to the cabin. First |
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| I trimed the console so that the edges sit just below the top of the curved channel around the door frames (to minimize sanding |
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| later on). Then followed the directins in tony's instructions, sanded bot surfaced w/ 60 grit, Wetted out a 1" strip w/ epoxy. then |
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| mixed up the epoxy, silica. microfiber flox paste and applied it wi big popcicle sticks. It took tow batches the 1st batch used 5 |
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| pumps from the West system epoxy/resin containers and the second batch used 7 pumps. The plans say to use clamps, but I |
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| experimented with #40 clecos and found that if you're careful you can drillonly through the inside cabin skin and not both the |
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| inside and outside and tihs made a great way to both allign and clamp the console while curing. i'll let it set up overnight and |
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| begin smoothing/fairling tomorrow. |
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