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I started today by building the bending tool that helps make the trailing edge bend for the elevators. Basically that was just attaching two 2x8's together with a few door hinges. Once that was done I did the bend on both the left and right elevators. I taped the 3/16" dowel rod in the radius of the bend to help keep it smooth and then just applied pressure on the elevator in the bending tool. I thought it might require some finesse but it turned out that I just bent it as far as I could to achieve the proper bend. After I finished I used a straight edge to see if it had any bulges, but it appears to be smooth and proper.

1 hour

Total hours on project = 122