---------------------------------------------------------- Zenith601-List Digest Archive --- Total Messages Posted Sun 07/25/10: 6 ---------------------------------------------------------- Today's Message Index: ---------------------- 1. 03:03 AM - Re: Trim bonding (Dave Johnson) 2. 07:23 AM - Air vent mount (Mark Hubelbank) 3. 08:05 AM - Re: Air vent mount (Jon Croke) 4. 08:11 AM - Re: Air vent mount (jaybannist@cs.com) 5. 09:22 AM - Re: Air vent mount (Craig Payne) 6. 09:58 AM - Re: Air vent mount (Rick Lindstrom) ________________________________ Message 1 _____________________________________ Time: 03:03:17 AM PST US From: "Dave Johnson" Subject: Re: Zenith601-List: Trim bonding Jay, don't let it bother you! I find that, as senility advances, things can only get better. I no longer waste time looking for things that I have put in a 'safe place', because I've forgotten that I had them in the first place. Cheer up - it's an 'age' thing!! Dave Johnson (fat, dumb and happy) ----- Original Message ----- From: jaybannist@cs.com To: zenith601-list@matronics.com Sent: Sunday, July 25, 2010 2:16 AM Subject: Re: Zenith601-List: Trim bonding Karl, I used "dots" of PolyZap spaced about 4 to 6 inches apart along the length of the seal; and only on the part of the seal that would touch the outside face of the canopy bubble. That should make it removable with a razor blade sometime in the future. A funny thing happened on the way to this installation. I cut the rubber strips to length, then laid them aside. After I completed the canopy assembly, I started looking for those strips. I turned my work space upside down and inside out and couldn't find them. After a few days of searching, I gave up and ordered replacements from ZAC. After I had the new ones installed, I was telling my son about losing the original ones. He was standing beside my lawnmower. He laid his hand on the lawnmower handle and asked "Were they like these ?" Sure enough, there were the originals, "hiding" in plain sight (except to me ! ) draped over the lawnmower handle. Jay Do not archive -----Original Message----- From: Karl Polifka To: zenith601-list@matronics.com Sent: Sat, Jul 24, 2010 7:38 pm Subject: Re: Zenith601-List: Trim bonding Remember that you will eventually have to replace that piece of rubber -- don't make it impossible. Karl ________________________________ Message 2 _____________________________________ Time: 07:23:18 AM PST US From: Mark Hubelbank Subject: Zenith601-List: Air vent mount Has anyone made the 3.25 inch hole in the canopy for snap in air vents? I would like to know what is the best method to use to do this given that one can not do it in a drill press. The plastic is under a slight stress so the idea of using a normal hole saw seems a bit risky. I worry about a crack forming in the plastic and quickly growing. -- Mark Hubelbank NorthEast Monitoring 2 Clock Tower Place Suite 555 Maynard, MA, 01754 - USA mhubel@nemon.com 978-443-3955 ________________________________ Message 3 _____________________________________ Time: 08:05:46 AM PST US From: "Jon Croke" Subject: Re: Zenith601-List: Air vent mount ----- Original Message ----- Subject: Zenith601-List: Air vent mount > > Has anyone made the 3.25 inch hole in the canopy for snap in air vents? Zenair Newsletter, Issue #174, Page 11 (picture) > I would like to know what is the best method to use to do this given > that one can not do it in a drill press. The plastic is under a slight > stress so the idea of using a normal hole saw seems a bit risky. I worry > about a crack forming in the plastic and quickly growing. > > -- > Mark Hubelbank > NorthEast Monitoring > 2 Clock Tower Place > Suite 555 > Maynard, MA, 01754 - USA > mhubel@nemon.com > 978-443-3955 ________________________________ Message 4 _____________________________________ Time: 08:11:53 AM PST US Subject: Re: Zenith601-List: Air vent mount From: jaybannist@cs.com Mark, I used a drill bit made for acrylics and drilled a 1/4" hole in the center . Then I used a Dremel with a small spiral drum cutter, with the Dremel mounted on their device made to cut circles and cut to the finish line. I had tried to cut a circle with the Dremel just hand held on a scrap an d it didn't go so good. The Dremel circle cutter device made it a piece of cake. I went really slow to keep the melting to a minimum, but still had to sandpaper a little bit to get a real smooth hole. Hope; this helps - Jay Bannister Has anyone made the 3.25 inch hole in the canopy for snap in air vents? I would like to know what is the best method to use to do this given that one can not do it in a drill press. The plastic is under a slight stress so the idea of using a normal hole saw seems a bit risky. I worry about a crack forming in the plastic and quickly growing. ________________________________ Message 5 _____________________________________ Time: 09:22:39 AM PST US From: "Craig Payne" Subject: RE: Zenith601-List: Air vent mount I watched Doug Dugger at Quality Sport Planes cut the hole in his 601XL canopy. He did it by manually turning a hand-held fly cutter. As I recall he used WD-40 as a lubricant. It might help to cut from both sides, I can't recall. -- Craig -----Original Message----- From: owner-zenith601-list-server@matronics.com [mailto:owner-zenith601-list-server@matronics.com] On Behalf Of Mark Hubelbank Sent: Sunday, July 25, 2010 7:23 AM Subject: Zenith601-List: Air vent mount Has anyone made the 3.25 inch hole in the canopy for snap in air vents? I would like to know what is the best method to use to do this given that one can not do it in a drill press. The plastic is under a slight stress so the idea of using a normal hole saw seems a bit risky. I worry about a crack forming in the plastic and quickly growing. -- Mark Hubelbank NorthEast Monitoring 2 Clock Tower Place Suite 555 Maynard, MA, 01754 - USA mhubel@nemon.com 978-443-3955 ________________________________ Message 6 _____________________________________ Time: 09:58:44 AM PST US From: Rick Lindstrom Subject: RE: Zenith601-List: Air vent mount Rich Vetterli did his by using a hole saw, turned by hand from both sides, centered on a .25" hole from a plexi drill. It took awhile, but it did turn out nicely, and there were no cracks. -----Original Message----- >From: Craig Payne >Sent: Jul 25, 2010 12:22 PM >To: zenith601-list@matronics.com >Subject: RE: Zenith601-List: Air vent mount > > >I watched Doug Dugger at Quality Sport Planes cut the hole in his 601XL >canopy. He did it by manually turning a hand-held fly cutter. As I recall he >used WD-40 as a lubricant. It might help to cut from both sides, I can't >recall. > >-- Craig > >-----Original Message----- >From: owner-zenith601-list-server@matronics.com >[mailto:owner-zenith601-list-server@matronics.com] On Behalf Of Mark >Hubelbank >Sent: Sunday, July 25, 2010 7:23 AM >To: zenith601-list@matronics.com >Subject: Zenith601-List: Air vent mount > > >Has anyone made the 3.25 inch hole in the canopy for snap in air vents? >I would like to know what is the best method to use to do this given that >one can not do it in a drill press. The plastic is under a slight stress so >the idea of using a normal hole saw seems a bit risky. I worry about a crack >forming in the plastic and quickly growing. > >-- >Mark Hubelbank >NorthEast Monitoring >2 Clock Tower Place >Suite 555 >Maynard, MA, 01754 - USA >mhubel@nemon.com >978-443-3955 > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Other Matronics Email List Services ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Post A New Message zenith601-list@matronics.com UN/SUBSCRIBE http://www.matronics.com/subscription List FAQ http://www.matronics.com/FAQ/Zenith601-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/zenith601-list Browse Digests http://www.matronics.com/digest/zenith601-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.