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Bob Kuykendall wrote:
> Earlier, Ernest Christley wrote:
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>>I have got to cut slots for the rudder cables in both the floorboards and
>>the rear skins. Are there any tricks for locating the necessary slots
>>in a way to keep them as small as possible?
>
>
> If you can remove temporarily the panels to be drilled/slotted, maybe
> you can aim a laser pointer down the cable path so it lines up with the
> pulley grooves, then reinstall the panel and mark the laser spot.
>
> When I was installing the push-pull tubes for my HP-18 center stick
> retrofit, I made a nifty little tool that aimed a laser pointer down
> the axis of where the tube would go. Then I would just mark the laser spot
> on a bulkhead, holesaw it, and move on to the next one. I seem to
> recall that I would borrowed my daughter's pointer, and what I was marking
> was a tiny picture of Tinkerbelle...
>
> Thanks, and best regards to all
>
> Bob K.
> http://www.hpaircraft.com/hp-24
>
That's one of those "I shoulda thought of that!" ideas, Bob.
It would work GREAT on fabric!
Richard
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Re: Rudder cable slots
