JD and Beastlet:
Engine test stand - parts laid out on 3-4" plywood
JD and Beastlet:
Base
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Main firewall and mounting plates 1, 2 and 3
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Bottom and forward cleats
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Spacer and braces
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Engine test stand - plans
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Parts cut - main firewall glued and braced
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Mounting plates drilled; plate #1 as guide to firewarll drilling
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Drilling the main firewall with a back plate
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Mounting plate #1 bolted to main firewall - front
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Mounting plate #1 bolted to main firewall - back
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Spacer dowel jig
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Spacers
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Spacer clamped in jig
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Marking the spacer
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Spacer marked
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Popping the spacer out
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Marked spacer
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4 marked spacers
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1/4' in brad point bit
JD and Beastlet:
Spacers drilled
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Mounting plate bolted on with spacers - 01
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Mounting plate bolted on with spacers - 02
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Cutting the notches for the braces - band saw work done
JD and Beastlet:
Cutting the notches for the braces - hand saw work beginning
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Port brace fitted
JD and Beastlet:
Port brace marked
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Staboard brace fitted and marked
JD and Beastlet:
Port brace glued and weighted to cure
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Braces clamped together, dowels in
