Pitts S1-SS Construction Gallery » 2005 » June 2005

Building the tables. If you can build straight anf square...	Using my new mitre saw for cutting the planks.	Tada.. one table done.	Rubbish accumulated in garage.	4130 tubing stock
Working out the fuselage jig outline on the table.	Need lots of these	My basic set of power tools...	Checking whether my wooden bloks actually work. They do.	Checking whether I can cut square.
MDF has a slight bend in it.	Dehumidifier	Plastic down to prevent moisture rising from the table...	How the tables get joined to keep the together.	Checking the levels.
Centre line - everything runs off this line.	Centre line done!	Measuring the stations back from the firewall.	Egad.. time to buy a better measuring tape.	Final station for the tail post.
Current baby on left, new baby will be on right.	Laying out the top ladder.	Crude bending radius for the bottom ladder.	Laying out the top ladder.	Longerons bent into place.
My S-1S plans... serial 2068.	Closeup of the S-1S plans showing the tube layout.	My first elbow joint - longeron to station 0.	Checking the fit.	Trimming the cross tubing into place.
Checking the fit.	Two tables put together for length.

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