As often happens on any project, the second part takes less time than the first…and that’s what happened with the left longeron. Trying to follow my own don’t-do-it-all-at-once gudance, I was working very slowly over the course of a Saturday. But everything was working out, and before I knew it I had a correctly-bent left longeron.

Just to make sure I wasn’t imagining things, I clamped the left longeron to the right. They match each other within 1/16″, so I think I’m in good shape here.

With both “big bends” made, I flipped the clamped longerons around and measured/marked their aft ends for some trimming that needs to be done so they fit in and around the tail bulkheads. These cuts made me a little nervous since they’re being made on parts that I just spent a lot of time on while bending.