---------------------------------------------------------- Pietenpol-List Digest Archive --- Total Messages Posted Sun 02/23/14: 7 ---------------------------------------------------------- Today's Message Index: ---------------------- 1. 05:49 AM - Re: Feb 20 to 24, hangar gathering, doing "stuff", Cha (tools) 2. 06:10 AM - Re: Re: Feb 20 to 24, hangar gathering, doing "stuff", Cha (larharris2 Harris) 3. 09:24 AM - Re: Still no newsletter... (taildrags) 4. 09:29 AM - Re: Scouting for a new home (taildrags) 5. 05:52 PM - Re: Feb 20 to 24, hangar gathering, doing "stuff", Cha (tools) 6. 08:24 PM - safety wire (taildrags) 7. 08:51 PM - Re: safety wire (Gary Boothe) ________________________________ Message 1 _____________________________________ Time: 05:49:34 AM PST US Subject: Pietenpol-List: Re: Feb 20 to 24, hangar gathering, doing "stuff", Cha From: "tools" THANKS for coming! We actually had a pretty good showing of Pieters whom I thought ALL integrated well with the old woodworking machines crowd. The weekend (still underway, just had a newcomer show a few minutes ago) was fantastically productive. The Carrollton gang pledged to come early and stay next year to help (BADLY needed) mentor the Piet crowd with their projects. Everyone pitched in a lot to keep things moving. However, it was Kellie and Judy who, for no other than reason being saints, brunted the VAST majority of responsibility for folks being fed WELL and timely. My philosophy is let grown men fend for themselves... probably flawed thinking anyway! Thanks to them! Hope to see more folks next year. There's some pics in the "events" section of OWWM.ORG for folks who want to visit vicariously. Cheers, Tools Read this topic online here: http://forums.matronics.com/viewtopic.php?p=419175#419175 ________________________________ Message 2 _____________________________________ Time: 06:10:53 AM PST US From: larharris2 Harris Subject: RE: Pietenpol-List: Re: Feb 20 to 24, hangar gathering, doing "stuff", Cha I showed up Sat. but was mostly a 'lurker'. My undying gratitude for your g reat hospitality. If you hold the event next year=2C I think I can promise to bring a (mostly) completed Piet from Tellico Plains=2C TN=2C & I will ge t more involved in participation. Many thanks for an exceptional event. Lorenzo > Subject: Pietenpol-List: Re: Feb 20 to 24=2C hangar gathering=2C doing "s tuff"=2C Cha > From: n0kkj@yahoo.com > Date: Sun=2C 23 Feb 2014 05:49:08 -0800 > To: pietenpol-list@matronics.com > > > THANKS for coming! We actually had a pretty good showing of Pieters whom I thought ALL integrated well with the old woodworking machines crowd. > > The weekend (still underway=2C just had a newcomer show a few minutes ago ) was fantastically productive. The Carrollton gang pledged to come early and stay next year to help (BADLY needed) mentor the Piet crowd with their projects. > > Everyone pitched in a lot to keep things moving. However=2C it was Kelli e and Judy who=2C for no other than reason being saints=2C brunted the VAST majority of responsibility for folks being fed WELL and timely. My philos ophy is let grown men fend for themselves... probably flawed thinking anywa y! Thanks to them! > > Hope to see more folks next year. There's some pics in the "events" sect ion of OWWM.ORG for folks who want to visit vicariously. > > Cheers=2C > > Tools > > > > > Read this topic online here: > > http://forums.matronics.com/viewtopic.php?p=419175#419175 > > > > > > > =========== =========== =========== =========== > > > ________________________________ Message 3 _____________________________________ Time: 09:24:49 AM PST US Subject: Pietenpol-List: Re: Still no newsletter... From: "taildrags" Got mine in Friday's mail, and I'm over in the Pacific NW. Good job, John! -------- Oscar Zuniga Medford, OR Air Camper NX41CC "Scout" A75 power Read this topic online here: http://forums.matronics.com/viewtopic.php?p=419186#419186 ________________________________ Message 4 _____________________________________ Time: 09:29:36 AM PST US Subject: Pietenpol-List: Re: Scouting for a new home From: "taildrags" A little more progress towards a return to flight. Got the oil screen out, cleaned, and the residue inspected (nothing seemed to be glittering in there). Thanks to Mike Cuy or whoever it was who suggested running the cleaning solvent and residue through a coffee filter and then letting it dry to see what's in there. Works great. Cleaned the carb inlet screen, drained the float bowl (and yes, I lifted the tail to try to get as much as I could out of there). Just looking for crud anywhere I can think of. Re-torqued the prop bolts and safetied them. I think everything is ready to go, firewall forward. Just need to reinstall my centersection flop and the new rear cockpit windscreen, check the brake fluid level in the masters, and I think it's ready to fuel up. That will have to wait till next weekend... too busy right now. -------- Oscar Zuniga Medford, OR Air Camper NX41CC "Scout" A75 power Read this topic online here: http://forums.matronics.com/viewtopic.php?p=419188#419188 ________________________________ Message 5 _____________________________________ Time: 05:52:07 PM PST US Subject: Pietenpol-List: Re: Feb 20 to 24, hangar gathering, doing "stuff", Cha From: "tools" You are VERY welcome, it was my pleasure. I do hope to see you again next year. There should be a lot more Piet mentors there next year. Speaking of, you would be a good mentor as you now have a feel for how things run and what it's like. Thanks for coming! Tools Read this topic online here: http://forums.matronics.com/viewtopic.php?p=419206#419206 ________________________________ Message 6 _____________________________________ Time: 08:24:57 PM PST US Subject: Pietenpol-List: safety wire From: "taildrags" By the way, and since the list is fairly quiet right now, I'll take a minute to post this. The words "safety wire" should be changed to something else. Every time I have to safety something, I end up with more cuts than a government sequester and "safety wire" is quite unsafe when it comes to its tendency to draw blood. The two worst offenders are the .041 and the .020. The medium-sized wire is fairly well behaved because you can bend it easily and tease it into place with your fingers, but the .041 is a beast to deal with unless you use pliers and the small stuff is like a tiny silver viper, just waiting to get you with its little fang. And just try working it in a blind area without getting bitten. The other thing about safety wire is that I waste a lot of it by re-doing the safetying. I can never remember the right way to safety pairs of things and I have to start over, or I cut the piece of wire just a little too short and have to start over. I've also noticed that I get the dirty eye from A&Ps when I use any of the smaller sizes of wire. They want everything done in .041 unless the hole in the fastener simply will not pass that size of wire, and it's crazy. Why do we even have anything but .041 then? And why try fishing it through all the little screws and jets and things on a Stromberg carb? My guess is that I could take my big old single-speed Craftsman 1/2" drill and chuck a fly cutter in it, then stake it down with a piece of .041 safety wire and try to bore a hole in some kind of gnarly material with the fly cutter off-axis, and that thing could bite and claw and try to torque itself like a fork in spaghetti and a single strand of .041 could hold it. Why in heaven's name we need to put that heavy safety wire on little fasteners and turnbuckles I will never know. -------- Oscar Zuniga Medford, OR Air Camper NX41CC "Scout" A75 power Read this topic online here: http://forums.matronics.com/viewtopic.php?p=419209#419209 ________________________________ Message 7 _____________________________________ Time: 08:51:03 PM PST US From: "Gary Boothe" Subject: RE: Pietenpol-List: safety wire Fortunately, the manufacturer of NX308MB specified .020. Gary Boothe NX308MB -----Original Message----- From: owner-pietenpol-list-server@matronics.com [mailto:owner-pietenpol-list-server@matronics.com] On Behalf Of taildrags Sent: Sunday, February 23, 2014 8:24 PM Subject: Pietenpol-List: safety wire --> By the way, and since the list is fairly quiet right now, I'll take a minute to post this. The words "safety wire" should be changed to something else. Every time I have to safety something, I end up with more cuts than a government sequester and "safety wire" is quite unsafe when it comes to its tendency to draw blood. The two worst offenders are the .041 and the .020. The medium-sized wire is fairly well behaved because you can bend it easily and tease it into place with your fingers, but the .041 is a beast to deal with unless you use pliers and the small stuff is like a tiny silver viper, just waiting to get you with its little fang. And just try working it in a blind area without getting bitten. The other thing about safety wire is that I waste a lot of it by re-doing the safetying. I can never remember the right way to safety pairs of things and I have to start over, or I cut the piece of wire just a little too short and have to start over. I've also noticed that I get the dirty eye from A&Ps when I use any of the smaller sizes of wire. They want everything done in .041 unless the hole in the fastener simply will not pass that size of wire, and it's crazy. Why do we even have anything but .041 then? And why try fishing it through all the little screws and jets and things on a Stromberg carb? My guess is that I could take my big old single-speed Craftsman 1/2" drill and chuck a fly cutter in it, then stake it down with a piece of .041 safety wire and try to bore a hole in some kind of gnarly material with the fly cutter off-axis, and that thing could bite and claw and try to torque itself like a fork in spaghetti and a single strand of .041 could hold it. Why in heaven's name we need to put that heavy safety wire on little fasteners and turnbuckles I will never know. -------- Oscar Zuniga Medford, OR Air Camper NX41CC "Scout" A75 power Read this topic online here: http://forums.matronics.com/viewtopic.php?p=419209#419209 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Other Matronics Email List Services ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Post A New Message pietenpol-list@matronics.com UN/SUBSCRIBE http://www.matronics.com/subscription List FAQ http://www.matronics.com/FAQ/Pietenpol-List.htm Web Forum Interface To Lists http://forums.matronics.com Matronics List Wiki http://wiki.matronics.com Full Archive Search Engine http://www.matronics.com/search 7-Day List Browse http://www.matronics.com/browse/pietenpol-list Browse Digests http://www.matronics.com/digest/pietenpol-list Browse Other Lists http://www.matronics.com/browse Live Online Chat! http://www.matronics.com/chat Archive Downloading http://www.matronics.com/archives Photo Share http://www.matronics.com/photoshare Other Email Lists http://www.matronics.com/emaillists Contributions http://www.matronics.com/contribution ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- These Email List Services are sponsored solely by Matronics and through the generous Contributions of its members.