26/11/2021 - some help drilling - 1h

Finished drilling of the skirt brace drilling to the side skirt. You need some help doing this as someone needs to push the side skirt against the brace.
I actually inversed the drilling direction. Vans tells you to make pilot holes on the sikirt and drill into the brace tabs. I found it easier to make the pilot holes in the center of the tabs and drill through the skirt from the inside. It worked out well.

To hold and cleco from the outside, my son Matthias gave me a hand.

As I saw the picture later, it reminded me of a picture I shot in the very beginning 13 years ago when I finished installing the workbench in my old workshop.
Look at the shelves... yes, that's the same kid. He's turned 18 now... a reminder to self again to hurry up building and that time flies quickly.


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