Too Cold - and On Hold

Geeez! it's cold in the workshop!  45F is a bit chilly and fingers get numb too fast.  Have to insulate the outside entry door to keep some of the heat in.  That's for the weekend.  Also, I have a 7x12' door sitting in my workshop taking up most of the room.

Big door  blocking my work bench

The big door gets installed this Friday and I'm going to Home Depot to get some insulation for the door.

I'll update the build blog later with the result --

Thanks for watching.

Greg.

Back to the cold and back to work - or no work

Hope everyone had a good holiday.  We sure did.  Spent Christmas week in Marathon, Florida.  Beautiful weather.  Good fishing.  Snorkeling, and all kinds of outdoor fun.  Visited the Marathon EAA Chapter.  They have a nice museum.  There was a Beech 18, DC-3 and a few other nice airplanes.  Friendly people.  Nice facility.

This airplane was in the hanger at the Chapter 1241 Museum

I really need to get back to work.  I've finished the spar ends and next will be cutting out the spar webs from the .040 6061-T6 sheet that I have still rolled up.

Rolled up .040 sheet with warning label

Only two things delaying the web cutting.  I need some help with the unrolling of the sheet stock.  It is 12'x4' and wound pretty tight.  Also need to clear some room in the workshop to store the stock once it is unrolled.  Weather, schedule, and a short bout of some kinda flu thing I had last week has slowed me down.  Hope to unroll and cut this weekend.  Until then --

Thanks for checking in!

Greg.

Oh - and Happy New Year!  Forecast for some snow and freezing rain in the next day or so.  Makes me think back to Christmas Vacation in the Keys.....

My beautiful granddaughter fishing off the pier