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Larry Winger's 601XL Project
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Date:  10-25-2007
Number of Hours:  0.50
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Brief Description:  Match drilled left wing top to front spar

Back on 9/15 I mistakenly drilled through the top skin/front spar combo on the left wing. On 9/23 I discovered I had misaligned the skins, requiring replacement. When I replaced the top skin, I did not drill through to the existing holes in the front spar for lack of a good technique. Through advice of Dave Clay, I picked up a #40 strap duplicator. The concept is really quite simple -- slide the opening in the duplicator over the aluminum needing to be drilled, insert the bottom pin in the hole to be duplicated, drill through the top bushing and voila! I did that along the entire length of the front spar with perfect results.
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Top side of a strap duplicator

Top side of a strap duplicator

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The bottom side with the #40 pin for centering

The bottom side with the #40 pin for centering

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