Wouldn't it be nice to go back to the day before Weathervane 7, and give myself a dope slap. Edit 3/13/25 That would be the 2nd Weathervane 7 blog, if anyone is keeping score.
Been bugging me ever since, today I went after it.
Back then I put a bronze flange bushing in the bottom of the center section. I should have put one in the top at the same time. I remember the discussion.
Today, I put the body on the drill press the way the center section was when it got drilled before. I put it back to where it was right after drilling. It took a good while to do it. The big ply blank is cut down to fit the wing slot. That's how it was before. Every thing hot glued in place. Lining up 3 holes on top of each other, where it coulda shoulda been much easier.
It's not that dramatic when you have scraps to play with. It ain't a scrap before the project is done. It's same exact size.
The only way it can move now is round and around.
I want to do right, but not right now. Gillian Welch