I can't respond on the Eros, but will offer this advice. If you have acces to a compound miter saw use it to cut all your pieces as batch runs. After you have your jig made, hand cut/plane a perfectly fitting rib in it, then set up a stop block on the miter saw fence (build a longer one if necessary) and set the saw up for one component using cheap scrap until it cuts a perfect fit. Then just chop, chop,chop out all of them plus a couple extras. Then set it up for the next piece. If you are milling your own wood from locally available boards, start with the longest pieces and work towards the shorter ones. Allot of the time the "drop offs" will have enough sections of good wood to make the shorter ones, a lot less waste. Label or place the parts in bins, it will save an amazing amount of time. I've cut and glued an entire wings worth of ribs in two evenings this way, it works. It was for a different airplane though and I was able to staple the glued gussets on to pull the rib from the jig before it dried, and move to the next one, I'd be Leary doing that with the 1/4 by 1/4 caps though.
There is enough pieces to have each kid set up the saw for one component.. |
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