Aft Fuse Longerons & Splice Clips

After double checking my measurements I cut my first longeron. This is the angle marking that lines up with the vert zee.

After both longerons were cut to lenght I saran wrapped them together and set them aside.

The lower longerons measured and marked for cutting. I clamp the one I'm cutting to the table so it dosen't get away from me.

One longeron cut, the next one ready to be cut.

With the longerons complete, I moved on to the splice plates. Here's the clip as provided in the kit. The holes are "marked" by the laser.

One edge gets chamfered so it can but up against the other splice plate in the joint.

Here's a better shot of the hole location marked by the laser. The dotted lines are bend start/stop lines.

I'm bending this clip with my favorite method - boards and a bench.

The bending jig.

I put the bend starting line on the edge of the bench and clamp the bending block on the other line.

After bending - just a bit too much, but that can be corrected with a rubber mallet.

A nice clean bend. The radius isn't as tight as indicated on the plans, but since it matches up with the upper splice plate it should work fine.

Looking good - it's hard to tell in the picture but the clip is lined up almost perfect.

Comparing the part to the splice plate it follows its obvious the bend isn't perfect.

A whack from my rubber mallett fixes that. There may be some adjustment when it comes time to assemble the front and rear fuse, but I don't anticipate much.

As the part is noted, this is SNX-F26-05R. The holes are pilot drilled to #40.

And through the magic of the internet - 05L is complete.

To make sure I'm filing away the corect amount of AL I marked 1/16" from the corner.

By using a file I'll get a nice clean edge.

Filed and sanded.

The completed part - drilled, chamfered and sanded.

Both upper splice plates completed.

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