Yesterday I posted on my blog that today I was going to attempt to set the main girders and glue up the fairbody, and screw it down by myself. I was thinking that I might get the microlams set and prep for the girders. Well, I got it all done today, by myself. I was tempted to try that new construction adhesive, but I was not sure it was the right way to go, after all, why reinvent the wheel when it has been proven to be an excellent and bomb proof way to go. I bit the bullet, laid everything out in preparation (something that is really unlike me) and went for it. It was only in the eighties today (thank God) cooler than it has been, (high 90's). Rather than mix up huge batches, I used the pumps and did about half a quart ata time. Wood flour, silica and micro fiber, mixed up, troweled on, next batch and all of a sudden I was ready to screw the fairbody down. I used some #10 Spax screws, (not trusting the #8's that break off under torque) and will remove them tomorrow. It went so smoothly, I was done and looking for something to do! Cleaned up the squeeze out and it was all over, time for a pint or maybe two. Soon as I got in the house, lens fell out of my glasses., 'm blind without them, so had to wait for the wife to get home and drive me to the eye glass joint. Oh well, so much for the pint...
I have been stressing over gluing the beams in place for a couple of weeks. Really, it isn't such a big deal, only the nay Sayers in the back of my mind.