Fabric covering the practice frames

Today we began covering the practice frames with fabric to get ready for the next stage of our airplane project.  Adhesive was first painted around the edges of the steel frames, and fabric is then applied (glued) to the tubular frames.  We intentionally made the frames with curves on 2 corners because that is a challenge to cover cleanly.  Yeah, we made some mistakes (but hey, that's why these are practice fames), but overall I think they came out pretty nice.  Once the fabric was glued in place, we shrunk it in stages at 250, 300, and then 350 degrees with irons that we calibrated yesterday.   Hours: 5

Two practice frames covered with fabric