36 J-3 Right
Rear Window Frame Replacement
I got up this morning and removed the spline from the template and it came out good. The four laminated strips are very close to 3/32" thus forming a 3/32" square cross section spline. I cut, trimmed, and sanded the spline to fit inside the fuselage structure as shown below.
Next I carefully cut out the existing right rear
window frame and sanded the areas where the frame was attached as shown
below.
The last step was to integrate the new rear
window laminated spline into the right side of the fuselage structure as
shown below. This worked out quite well don't you think Jim? Thank you for
pointing out the problem to me.
Today I plan to lay up the other spline for the
left side. Of course, it will have to be left to dry overnight
also.................Tandy