Composite Airplane Construction, day 1

Purchased this fiberglass airplane project, and I have very little experience working with composites.. Well, what do you know, the EAA (Experimental Aircraft Association) has these workshops that tour around the country which offer various classes on airplane construction. This weekend the tour is in Dallas, at the American Institute of Maintenance on Dallas Love Field. What timing! Day one started with a lecture that ran most of the morning covering safety, resisn, materials, procedure for creating parts, etc.. This afternoon we layed up a "bulkhead", wire-cut part of a wing, lay a spar cap, and glass the bottom half of the wing, and create a part from a clay mold. Tomorrow, everything should be set, and we'll get to continue. Some stuff I already knew, but others (and probably the most critical structurally), I didn't know, and it makes this class worth it! The class is giving me the confidence I need to get started on my project.