Shortly after  the tables were complete I found a need to add additional lighting. Bending close over a tube or gusset some times put the work in so much shadow I couldn’t make out the marks to cut or drill. Three cheap Home Depot plug in fixtures hanging on chains did the trick. I plugged them into the same outlets that the garage door openers used.

The kit instructions called for bending forms. Three sizes were recommended 24″, 12″ and 6″. These forms needed to be perfect circles. Now I’m not good enough on a jig saw to make perfect circles nor is the arm of my jigsaw big enough to cut a 24″ circle.  YouTube to the rescue. There are several videos showing how to make a homemade sled using a pivot point and a table saw to cut perfect circles. Useful for bar stools and table tops. Also the instructions called for around 150 1 1/2 inch squares with drilled holes in the center. Both circles and squares could be drilled into the top off the work table to anchor parts in place or to secure for bending tubing.

6/16/2013 After several weeks to clean out my garage I painted the floor, put down a rubber mat for the tractor and built the work space. The large table on saw horses is 4′ X 16′ plywood fastened together covered by paper. The paper is for marking plans.

The smaller sturdier table is for heavy power tools. I left one end open to store my generator. Space is going to be a constant problem for such a big project as an airplane.

Also I placed 2 shelves above the small work table for hand tools reference materials and my iPod deck