Wednesday, March 5, 2014

Unclamping Puzzle Joints

I cleaned up yesterday's puzzle joints.


Just released.





After some sanding.  Flatter than they look.


The results were reasonably pleasing.  Some of the joints had part of the glue drain out leaving slight gaps at the upper surface.  The joints are quite strong regardless.  You can hold the panel up and let the ends droop with no problems.  

The gaps and the holes can be filled with thickened epoxy in a syringe. If the thickened batch is mixed with the proper amount of brown fairing filler you can match the color and the holes will disappear. Color is only an issue on visible interior joints.

Did more work on internal blocking and glued another four joints.

Task time: 4 hours 
Total project time: 149 hours

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