The router-shear concept worked so well on yesterday's panel that I decided to use
the same technique to fabricate the necessary components for the canopy frame support
cover. Here I've got a piece of scrap clamped down ready for trimming.
After several cutting operations, the cover itself and the retainer strips along the sides
were cut to size and deburred. I decided to go with five flush head screws along either side.
Since the flanges of the canopy frame support channel are quite narrow (only about 5/16 flat
area), the cover won't actually be screwed to the canopy frame support channel. That's not
enough for the dimple that goes with a #8 K1100 nutplate. Instead, those flanges will just
get trapped between the cover and the side strips.
Here's the cover after seaming with the Cleaveland edge-seaming tool and dimpling for #8 flush
screws.
The edge strips were also seamed and will have K1100 nutlates installed.