Distance member for connecting wind turbine blade shear webs

A method of manufacturing a wind turbine blade having a profiled contour including a pressure side, a suction side, a leading edge, a trailing edge, and a chord having a chord length extending between the leading edge and the trailing edge, the wind turbine blade extending in a spanwise direction between a root end and a tip end, wherein the method comprises:

• providing a suction side shell half and a pressure side shell half;
• providing a first shear web and a second shear web;
• arranging the first shear web and the second shear web in between an inner surface of the suction side shell half and an inner surface of the pressure side shell half;
• adhesively joining the first shear web and the second shear web to the inner surface of the suction side shell half and to the inner surface of the pressure side shell half at respective upper and lower adhesive joints, and adhesively joining the suction side shell half and the pressure side shell half along respective bond lines at the leading and trailing edges;
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• wherein the first shear web and the second shear web are connected by a first distance member extending in a chordwise direction, wherein the first distance member is arranged for accommodating a variable chordwise distance between the first shear web and the second shear web.