Targa bar post cure oven

One advantage of not being burdened by corporate sponsors such as BMW and Oracle is that I am allowed to construct impromptu post cure ovens made out of things found inside a 20 ft. radius of the shop.........make that "Facility".

 

After disassembling the post cure oven, I am seen here performing a series of deflection test on the horizontal portion of the targa bar assembly.  As specified in Mil Hdbk 5, the test being performed here, involves placement of small vehicles along the upper surface.  To arrive at the streamlined cross section of the targa bar, I made thirty c clamps from 3/4 in plywood and pounded them onto the sides of this clamping jig.