Today was the day to build the longerons

Today I tackled the Longerons.  It took about four hours.  The hardest part was spreading the ends 5.4 degrees.  Here are the tools I planned to use.  I decided to use my press instead of a vice.

Here is the set up for spreading the channel

Found that it worked better without the sockets

Here I am pressing the bend with the Dies

First one done.  I had completed page 23-3 before I started the bends.  I found that it helped a lot to be able to put everything together to measure.

 

Both done

Put the skins on to see how it would look