Constructing the forward fuselage

I have been at it for several days, working on the forward section of the fuselage. I have set the angle of incidence, which from all my smart levels, tell me it's at 1 degree.  I have measured that distance about a 100 times to make sure it's correct and everything is in it's place. There is a ton of work in the fuselage and being a side by side, there is even more. The RV-6 has some many little brackets, gussets and angle pieces to tie everything together. Once it in place, it's very strong, however, it is a lot of parts to make and fit.

I have one side of the forward fuselage together now and will get the rest fabbed up today or tomorrow. Then it's off to deburring and priming land. After that I can rivet it all back together-for good.

The next big obstacle is to get the rear spar bulkhead centered, leveled and to height in the jig. Then I have to get the correct distancce between the rear spar and main spar. If you don't, and you go to put on your wings, your rear spar attach won't line up with the wing rear spar. I have seen people get big hammers out and try to bend the rear spar over to line up. We won't be doing that here. I will make a small jig out of some angle stock that will be the exact distance between the two spars. Then I will attach this jig to the false spar I have fabricated (see photos) and to the rear spar attach point. Then I can drill the two side seat ribs in place and that will lock it all together.