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1. 07:55 AM - Re: Simplificate and add lightness or don't overthink things (danhelsper@aol.com)
2. 06:39 PM - Prop carving (Chris Rusch)
3. 08:04 PM - Re: Sky Scout (Tim70)
4. 08:22 PM - Re: Re: Sky Scout (Ray Krause)
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Steve,
I used .032 thick 3003. Worked very well. I hammered in some bumps and louv
ers very easily. The stuff is sufficiently soft and has held up very well s
o far.
Dan Helsper
Puryear, TN
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From: Steven Dortch <steven.d.dortch@gmail.com>
Sent: Wed, Oct 30, 2013 9:39 pm
Subject: Re: Pietenpol-List: Simplificate and add lightness or don't overth
ink things
All I have is 2024 so I will buy some 3003.
Any thoughts about thickness Seems to me .20 would be easier to work but mi
ght split. Would thicker be better? The area I am working is not structural
at all.
On Wed, Oct 30, 2013 at 6:52 AM, <danhelsper@aol.com> wrote:
Steve,
Make sure you are using a soft aluminum. 3003 would be very good. 2024 =
cracks.
Dan Helsper
Puryear, TN
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From: Ken Bickers <bickers.ken@gmail.com>
Sent: Tue, Oct 29, 2013 9:32 pm
Subject: Re: Pietenpol-List: Simplificate and add lightness or don't overth
ink things
Steve,
"I think I have found a good looking shape that is simple to make and will
require a minimum of hammering"
I'd say go for it. What more can you want? Besides if you decide you don'
t like it or it develops cracks, you can always redo it later. But it soun
ds like the right way forward.
Cheers, Ken
On Tue, Oct 29, 2013 at 8:19 PM, Steven Dortch <steven.d.dortch@gmail.com>
wrote:
I have been struggling with making a patch to cover the chinny chin chin of
my engine cowling below the air cleaner. The original had a really rough l
ooking patch made from strips of aluminum covered with screen door mesh and
bondo. It started out looking bumpy and as I removed things it just got r
ougher. Until I had a ragged hole.
As I kept looking at this cowling, I noticed that it is not symmetrical. I
t looks good, but when you start looking the original manufacturer obviousl
y free handed it. The cowling actually looks pretty good. The patch will h
ave to be "Custom fit".
I watched videos of gentlemen using english wheels to make formed wheelpant
s for beautiful Brit planes. Other guys were masters with a hammer and shot
filled bags. I went outside and played around with a ball peen hammer, a b
ag of sand and a piece of scrap aluminium. I discovered that it is really e
asy to make a rippled piece of aluminium with cracks.
Then I sat with pieces a paperbag and masking tape. I made ever more comple
x and bigger pieces, requiring two and three pieces of ever larger papers,
more bends, cuts and rivets.
Then I stepped back, cleared my mind. I cut a piece of paper bag just enoug
h larger than the hole to get a good looking set of rivets in it. I then pl
aced it over the hole and shaped it. I put the fold on bottom and taped it
on. I then pulled it off and cut where the fold was. I put it back on, tape
d it and took it off. Looked better and simpler than my previous overthough
t efforts,
I did it again but better this time with two cuts, adjusted and played with
it and I think I have found a good looking shape that is simple to make a
nd will require a minimum of hammering, There it is, it seem seems to be f
airly straight forward.
Tomorrow I will start cutting and bending a piece of scrap aluminum to see
if I can follow through. Any thoughts?
Blue Skies,
Steve D
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Bought dan prop carving book, and glued up some beech hardwood tonight, stay tuned
for the carving
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Ray, I thought I replied I won't make it on the 9th. I'm driving to Barnwell for
the meeting of car engine aircraft mechanics. Have Chris take good notes and
share with me later.
On this same thread,Oscar if your flying south please stop in Oroville as we
have an excellent airport and fuel available. I'm also retired and would be lad
to show you around.
Tim Wall
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Tim,
Sorry you won't make it, but I should see you in Oroville sometime. Building a
Corvair?
Thanks,
Ray
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> Ray, I thought I replied I won't make it on the 9th. I'm driving to Barnwell
for the meeting of car engine aircraft mechanics. Have Chris take good notes
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have an excellent airport and fuel available. I'm also retired and would be
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