Wings first...

December 2013...I decided to start with the wings.  It's going to be the biggest part of the project - nothing usable survived.  Everything is going to have to be made new:  Spars, ribs, drag/anti-drag wires, all the fittings, etc.  Fortunately, enough did survive to use as a pattern. Andy (my friend who I purchased the project from) and his son Dennis agreed to help.

All the Sitka Spruce sorted and ready for laminating

Being laminated

Spars:  I got some spruce with the project, but required a lot of planing to clean it up enough for use.  The remaining came from my friend Sean Soare and some I purchased at McCormick Lumber in Madison, WI.  Andy, Dennis and I got it all planed to size, laminated and finished dimensionally.  

Spars were hand-planed to the final dimensions

Fittings:  Some of the wing fittings were also started on.  Andy bought a plasma cutter which made cutting out the .100" thick 4130 very easy.  I bent them on my brake, and TIG-welded them together.  The original ones made in 1928 were pretty crude - these came out very nice!

Original lower wing attach fittings and new plasma-cut blanks

Completed lower wing attach fittings