Cutting spar webs A

Well we started on the spar.  Now W10-01 is 7 1/16″ wide by 141″ long and is .032 thick.  So how does one make a good cut 141″ long?  Well Dan did the work on this one and I think he used the edge of sheet for one side and used the Malco shears for teh other.  He gave a little extra on the width so we could file down to it.  Dan was careful with the shears to avoid getting a wavy edge, a little is inevitiable but he did a great job.

Picture of cutting web with shears

Dan set up a table for the bandsaw to help with cutting out W10-03 (.125″ thick), W10-05 (.090″ thick) and W10-02 (0.032″ thick).

Band Saw Set Up

Band Saw Table

Spar pieces rough cut from the band saw table

Shaped Spar Parts

We had to clean them up with the vixen file down to the line.  Dan stacked some of the similar parts together to get a consistant edge.

Here is Dan working on a part from W-11 getting cleaned up

Spar Angle Part Cleaned Up

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