Squaring up the tailcone

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Squaring up the tailcone

Postby mccool » Mon Oct 17, 2022 12:56 pm

I obsessed about getting the tailcone box dead nuts square and came up with the idea of using two carpenters squares. I drilled and joined them with clecos so they fit snugly at various stations so I could check the squareness at each crossmember. It didn't do the squares any harm other than a few holes. LOL
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