I am trying to get out in the garage when I can (which isn't much these days).  Katelynn is taking a lot of mommy and daddy's time (its worth it though!!!)

Anyway, I used today's time to do more fuselage fabrication. Today, I drew up the F-712D Up Elevator Stop in CAD and had the mill cut it out.

Here the mill is cutting the AA6-125x1x1 1/4 angle. I initially cut the angle to the longest length called out by the prints (4 3/8") as this angle gets a couple of angle cuts making it narrower (by 1/8" at the angle and on the 1" side).  Here the mill is cutting the 1" side of the elevator stop which is nothing more than trimming angle down to 3/4" and radiusing the corners.

After the mill trimmed the 1" side of the angle to dimension, I had also CAD drew in the two pilot holes called for in the print.  Here the mill is drilling those two pilot holes.  I sure wished I would have had this thing when working on the fuel tank "Z" brackets. 

on the 1 1/4" side of the angle, there is a little whoop'd-de-do (I am sure that is the technical term) in it.  You have to study the prints carefully, as the sides are at 3/4" and where the mill is cutting in the photo is 13/16".  I am sure that there is a reason for it, even though it isn't obvious to me yet.  I just cut it out to match the drawing specs.

Here is what the F-712D, Up Elevator Stop looks like when the mill completed the cutout.  The pilot holes are all way undersized so that they can be drilled to full size when clecoed into the fuselage.  This looks way better than what I could have done if I had to cut this by hand. 

For my high standards, the mill is working great.  This is the tool I should have had when I started the project.  My plan is to scour the fuselage prints for all the parts I have to fabricate so when I can get that hour or two in the garage, I can work on parts fabrication.