Patent ID: 8651780

Claim:
An apparatus comprising: a frame; a first track fixedly attached to a surface of the frame; a second track fixedly attached to the surface of the frame and separated from the first track; a carriage extending between the first track and the second track and configured to move on the first track and the second track simultaneously with respect to the frame along an axis of movement; a clamping system coupled to the frame to clamp the frame to a spar inside a wing of an aircraft, wherein the clamping system extends from a side of the frame opposite the surface of the frame in a direction perpendicular to the surface of the frame; a cutting tool capable of being removably attached to the carriage such that the cutting tool extends beyond an edge of the frame; and a depth controller capable of controlling an amount by which the cutting tool extends beyond the edge of the frame in a direction perpendicular to the axis of movement of the carriage and parallel to the surface of the frame to control a cutting depth of the cutting tool with respect to a skin of the wing of the aircraft.