The International Cessna^® 170 Association

G'day All,

My search for a locally available lower panel cover was unsuccessful so I thought I would have a go at making my own.

I got piece of .020" alclad and started cutting and bending. I used some aluminium round stock turned down, ground, riveted and filled for the corners and a dimple die turned up from 1" pipe for the radiused edge on the hole where the yoke comes through....
I am currently in the process of tidying up the right side panel including a new door....
I used the same dimple die to make the recess where the knob goes, not quite as deep as I would like but as deep as I could get without punching out the hole....
here's the old door....
cheers,

Noel

Nice work! Always nice to see someone that will learn how to make/do something.

Thanks Bruce,

I might have opened a can of worms here, I was only going to do the left panel for now but ended up pulling the right one as well. I have plans to do the upper one as well as the rest of the instrument panel. Refurbishing can be addictive!

Noel

Don't forget all those lightening holes in the wing ribs.

(Nice work!)

Noel:
Very nice workmanship!
Thanks for sharing.
I have been looking for a door and now might try to make one.
Dan