I finished deburring, dimpling and countersinking as required on the frame and skin of the elevator. I also installed nutplates around...

I assembled the bent skin onto the structure and drilled the counterbalance weight. One of the hotels got close to the run web, but Vans...

I built the elevator bending break from a couple of 2x6 pieces and got to making the final bend in the elevator. This was harder than I...

While back-riveting the most outboard stiffeners, I could not get the last two to stay flat to rivet. For these, I ended up using the...

After peeling the vinyl off of the new skin, I re-drilled and de-burred the skin. Then, I got back to dimpling, being careful not to...

This arrived from Van's today.

I was hoping to make some good progress dimpling the elevator skin today, but ran into a setback. It's hard to tell from the picture, but...

I was able to spend some time this weekend working on the elevator. But not until after being stung by a bunch of yellow jackets in the...

I match drilled the stiffeners to the left elevator skin. Something I knew going in to this, but this small amount of work has...

I was able to make some more progress getting the shop organized and getting closer to start doing some real work on the elevator. I...

Today, I cleaned up and stored the completed surfaces in a safe place away from the hands of small children. The horizontal stabilizer is...

Today I purchased a partially completed RV-8 Empennage with an Avery tool set. After a short 1:30 drive over to Tennessee, I had a van...