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| Subject: | Re: Elevator bending brake |
Ellis
I still have the homemade brake I made about 10 years ago out of 2' x 8's
and 3.5" hinges - you'd be welcome to it - problem is I'm in Massachusetts
- wish I could offer you some advice - as I recall the bending process was
pretty straight forward - only thing I can think of is make sure the lumber
pieces you make your brake with are perfectly true with not the slightest
sign of a warp - keep flipping the skins over after each press to avoid
rolling the bend too far forward on one side or the other - good luck and
stay with it -
Dan Bergeron
RV-7A - N307TB
442 hours since first flight
on Aug 4, 2009
On Wed, Nov 27, 2013 at 9:45 AM, Charlie England <ceengland7@gmail.com>wrote:
>
>
> On 11/27/2013 7:57 AM, Ellismcgaughy wrote:
>
>>
>> I'm building my second set of rv7a elevators as I found my first set
>> warped by about 1/2" at the inboard trailing edges.
>>
>> I'm preparing to bend the skins and was wondering if anyone that might
>> live within a hundred miles or so from Fayetteville NC might already have a
>> bending brake I could use. Otherwise, I will plan to dive through all the
>> warped lumber at my local neighborhood hardware store.
>>
>> Ellis
>> A&P and Grumman tiger owner.
>>
>> I'm not close, but might be able to offer a tip or two on doing the bend
> if you build your own bender. 1st, using a dowel (wood, welding rod, etc)
> taped into the trailing edge can help with preventing a too-sharp bend.
> Also, I found that my home made brake tended to roll the bend forward on
> the side that was on top side of the brake. I made the bend in multiple
> steps, checking after each step by clecoing the skin onto one side of the
> skeleton & checking hole alignment on the other side while manually
> pressing the skin down against the skeleton.
>
> Charlie
>
>
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