Sunday, January 19, 2014

Using the patience stick & sanding gussets

So here is how I used the Patience Stick.

After clamping in a pair of rough cut gussets, made with the scissors, I started up the disk sander and just gently rolled the tool left to right (clockwise) until the inked line disappeared. It's just that simple. The entire process takes about 4 seconds. This tool makes these gussets at lightning speed.

Sanding -

Once the gussets are sanded on the disk sander I wanted to break the outside edges of the gusset and smooth them off. Is that required? No, I guess not, but if i'm gonna spend thousands of hours building an airplane I want to build it to the best of my ability.

With the fine grit sanding sponge I simply rolled each piece across the sponge. It worked great and the edges are extremely smooth.

Below are the photos showing what I did. Click and zoom in on the photos to see better detail.









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