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I finished all the deburring this afternoon just as Tim made it over. We spent the afternoon dimpling and by the time Tim left at about 5:00 all that was remaining was the inner areas of the skins and the fwd ribs ( I had used the squeezer to dimple the perimeters) and the leading edge. Just as I thought I was done with the fwd ribs and skins, the hinges caught my eye but in any case, be 8:30 all of the dimpling was done.
I cleaned up and decided to put a coat of primer on the inner surface of the skins only and leave the ribs for tomorrow. It’s 10:30 as I write this and the skin priming is done. I will let the fan run for a little while and then go out and turn down the heat and the fan off for the night. It’s easy to just let the exhaust fan run in the summer but in the winter, especially when it is as cold as it has been ( well below zero every night and just barely above zero if at all in the day) it will get equally cold in the shop if I run the exhaust fan without heat and it seems so wasteful to run the heat at night. So the plan is no exhaust and low heat to help the primer dry.
If I can prime the ribs tomorrow night I will be able to work on riveting the wing on Friday night and maybe finish assembly on Saturday if there are no interruptions. Realistically I am thinking there is a rather slim chance of having either Friday night or Saturday open to work on the plane as it is getting perilously close to my departure Singapore. I expect that I will have loads to do without spending any time on the plane. It will just have to wait until I return.
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