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1. 07:34 AM - Tools/glue (TBYH@aol.com)
2. 11:53 AM - Re: Saw dust is Flying (Jack Phillips)
3. 07:26 PM - fabric work (Oscar Zuniga)
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I've been using the West System T-88 epoxy. Very easy to work with. One thing
I found is that the plastic lids from the plastic coffee "cans" are ideal for
mixing epoxy -- will hold up to three squirts of resin and hardener at a
time. Hardened waste epoxy will simply snap right out and you can use the lid
again -- or if it gets too old and grungy just throw it away. I keep several in
the shop...and the rest of the coffee containers are handy, too.
I suppose one of these days nice tin coffee cans will show up in the antique
shops, just like the old tin and even cardboard motor oil cans...
Working on aft fuselage turtledeck today...
Fred B.
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Subject: | Saw dust is Flying |
As for tools, the ones that I used a lot were a good 6" belt sander and a
cheap metal cutting bandsaw (about $200 from Grizzly).
Don't know anything about Aeropoxy. I mostly used Resorcinol, with a little
bit of T-88 in places that would show. In my recent forced landing, none of
the glue joints broke - the wood fractured outside of the joint. Resorcinol
is a pain in the winter, though, due to its required bonding and curing
temperatire of 70 F +. I'm waiting right now for the heaters to bring the
temperature in my basement up to 70 so I can glue together my new
stabilizer. It was 14 F last night and has warmed up to a balmy 25 F so
far today.
Jack Phillips
Raleigh, NC
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From: owner-pietenpol-list-server@matronics.com
[mailto:owner-pietenpol-list-server@matronics.com]On Behalf Of Chad Johnson
Subject: Pietenpol-List: Saw dust is Flying
Just a note to say that after years of dreaming and "saying" I am going to
start building a piet, I actually built my table today. I know it is not
an "actual" part of the airplane but I have to start some where. I am just
happy to see some physical progress. I will be ready to order wood for the
fin and rudder as soon as I get a quote back from the supplier. My
questions for all those "experienced" builders is this. What tool or tools
would you say was the most handy to have around during your building
process? Any opinions on Aeropoxy glue? Any and all sugestions would be
very much appreciated. Thank you.
Chad Johnson, McPherson Kansas.
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--> Pietenpol-List message posted by: "Oscar Zuniga" <taildrags@hotmail.com>
Dick wrote-
>Do the tail feathers first of course. It goes so fast that it's almost a
>let down, You spent so much time getting to that point and in no time
>it's done. The rib stitching is the biggest chore. Fabric stretching and
>applying the tapes are really easy.
Thanks, but- all I'm doing are repairs! As you'll recall, this is the
repair of NX41CC after its ignominious nose-over incident on Veterans Day.
There is the vertical stabilizer to re-cover, plus several areas where the
fabric has had to be opened up to access various fittings. Sad to say,
unless I re-cover the whole airframe, this bird is going to look like it has
some experience in theater (of war), with field repairs! I'm going to try
to do a good job on the paint matching, but patches will show upon close
examination.
My thought it to apply round patches to the areas we've had to open up, and
to use pinked edges on the round patches. As I understand it, I'll need to
sand back the paint on the underlying fabric to get to bare fabric, then
Poly-Tak the patch in place and go from there. If this is the wrong
approach or if there are easier ways to do spot repairs, please advise. I
also assume everything will be the standard weight fabric (2.7 oz.),
although some have used the lightweight fabric for the tail surfaces. I
believe Ernie Moreno told me he used the old HS90X fabric to re-cover the
tail surfaces on his airplane to shave a bit of weight off the tail.
Oscar Zuniga
San Antonio, TX
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