Original Posted By: clif
I've taken another major step towards completion of the fuselage over the lastfew days... I've been working on the turtledeck. I looked up all the posts onhow others have done it, tried a few different ways and finally found somethingthat worked for me. This was a totally frustrating experience as I did notexpect this to be that difficult. I've read posts of some people doing thisin a few hours... After I've tried different methods I came up with one (maybenot original) that I could probably do in about 6 hours if I were to do itagain. I used Home Depot cedar lumber for the stringers - 1/4" x 1 1/4" is what seemedto stick in my mind after a visit to Dels project last fall. Has anyone tried putting the "helmet box" in after the turtledeck is installed?I kinda figured I wouldn't want it, but now am reconsidering. I would thinka router with a decent jig set up would make a nice cut-out.Anyway, I'll have photos of the turtledeck installation on the web in a few daysin case anyone's interested. Now that this is done, I'm wondering what to tacklenext... Maybe the tail section...Looking forward to Brodhead!Tom BrantBrooklyn Park, MN________________________________________________________________________________Date: Tue, 08 Jul 2003 22:41:28 -0700