Not much to show for today's work, just some weather stripping for the subpanel and some more parts.
Fabricated the F-644-L and F-644-R parts. They arrived as a solid channel so I cut them up with a scroll saw (I still don't have a bandsaw) to make the individual pieces. I deviated from the plans here and make them 2 1/8 inches vs. the 2 inches called out by the plans. If it doesn't fit I figured I can always trim it to the original size.
The next part was the weather stripping piece. Again, I deviated from the plans and made this a continuous part. The plans want you to break this up into a left, center, and right part - but since it's supporting a rubber weatherstrip I figured it should just be one continuous piece. Of course, this one part took FOREVER with only a drill and a couple of files. This started out as an aluminum extrusion, and you cut out the flanges so it can fit the curvature of the panel. Normally I wouldn't go against the plans but in this case since it keeps water off of the avionics it was a nice change. I think it worked out OK
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