There’s not much to report this week.  My wife spent two long sessions in the ER dealing with kidney stones, and everything else took a back seat to helping her.  According to the ER doc, kidney stones cause the worst pain a person can experience and after seeing how much pain Ellen was in, I believe him.

Things were a bit more stable over the weekend.  I had some time yesterday to deburr all the little gussets and parts I had previously drilled, and after a very nice Mother’s Day lunch this morning with Ellen at our favorite airport restaurant – Nancy’s Airfield Cafe at 6B6/Stow MA airport – I primed all the parts that needed it.

The primer takes a day or so to completely cure, so they’ll be ready for riveting after work tomorrow.  I still have some deburring to do on the longerons, however, and I’ll need a couple of extra hands for riveting some of these parts.

I also riveted a mounting ring on the Garmin magnetometer mounting bracket mentioned in the last post.  The alignment pins and screw holes ensure that the magnetometer is correctly oriented to the fuselage, and it’s a lot easier to rivet this now while the bracket isn’t attached to the rear deck.