The stringers are almost 100% repaired
The frames are about 70% repaired
The clips, I found that I couldd slice 3 mm of the sides that had been injured and they are all ok again. Just need a bit of a sand and a couple of coats of sealant. Doing this will mean that frames 1 to 5 will be 3mm aft of their station but I really cant see this being an issue.
It does mean I have to fill and re-drill frame 6 holes as the position is dictated by the landing on the taper.
I am guessing it will be at least another 2 days before I begin to reassemble.
I also have to get some more nuts and bolts as about 10 sets were damaged during removal.
It's been a lot of work, but I think was worth the effort.
I have also figured out what went wrong ( I think).
There is no bracing on the building form in the fore-aft direction. The plans don't show any however I fully intended to add some after I had the frames in roughly the right position. I couldn't do it before as they would block the positioning of the frames. But I forgot :-(. This meant that the whole thing could twist, and either 1 stringer went back or forward the full 5 mm or the two of them moved to give a total error of 5mm. Bummer !!
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