I trimmed the rear of the skylight today. I had to wait for a new tool (Milwaukee Cut Off Saw) to arrive and it came yesterday. I purchased it to cut the acrylic windshield but I decided to test it out on the less expensive skylight. It worked like a champ.
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I received my acrylic extreme windshield from Richard Holtz at Aircraft Plastics. It's beautiful! It's already tinted for heat rejection and UV blocking.
I had to toss it on to check it out. It actually fits pretty well out of the box. It will take a bit of fitting but not too bad.
After trimming the top edge and drilling the screw holes.
After the initial pass with the cut off saw. I will sand the remainder until it fits the way I want it.
Once it fits at the firewall correctly, I'll trim the sides to fit and drill the screw holes. Then I'll fit the boot cowl.
