Drilling elevator horns

Yesterday I reoriented the HS and attached the elevators so it’s sitting vertically on the bench. This makes it easier to drill these important bottom holes on the elevator horns. I marked and center punched the location for the first hole, then drilled it. The right hand elevator horn is slightly aft of the left, as expected, per the plans.

HS sitting in cradle with elevators attached

Tonight I clamped up the trailing edges, and then spent time shaping up a drill block.

Shaping the drill block with my vixen file

Once I had a perfect fit on the drill block, I clamped the elevator horns and drilled the hole in the left elevator horn. These came out quite well I think.