Firewall - Fwd Fuse Ribs - Breaker Panel Idea

Started off this morning doing some non-airplane work in the shop, finally got around to replacing some plugs/wires/cap/rotor on one of our cars that has been needing attention for a little while. Kind of a nice change of pace getting my hands greasy under the hood of a car, it's actually been a while since I've had that opportunity :-)

Anyway once that mini-project was done it was time to clean up the garage and finish deburring/scuffing the stack of firewall/fwd fuse parts in preparation for a primer session. It's not the biggest batch of parts by any means, but there is a fairly high number of odd-shaped and small/intricate parts that take some time to deburr properly. We got through it all and by late afternoon we were ready to prime. A couple quick shots of primer brought an end to a day that felt productive enough but really didn't have much visible progress.

Only other news to report, I hopped online to get more ideas about access covers/breaker panels, and I happened to find a circuit breaker panel from a Cirrus on eBay for $270. It is exactly the kind of panel I had in mind that I wanted to build for our plane, and it comes complete with ~30 push/pull breakers, ELT panel mount, and all the buss bars and misc goodies. Even if I can't end up using it on the tunnel I've still got a goldmine of parts I can use for our electrical system, when we get to that step... at least that's the theory anyway. I put in an offer for $200... we'll see if they bite :-)

For reference, and since I don't have any pics of my own to share at this stage, here's a photo of a Cirrus breaker panel similar to the one I'm talking about:

We'll see if something like this can be adapted to work on the -10. If not, we should still have a handful of usable parts well worth the price paid!