Pietenpol-List: Door and Sanding

matronics · Post by **matronics** » Wed Mar 01, 2000 7:46 pm

Original Posted By: Chris A Tracy
Subject: Pietenpol-List: Door and Sanding

matronics · Post by **matronics** » Thu Mar 02, 2000 4:15 am

Original Posted By: "walter evans"
Subject: RE: Pietenpol-List: Door and Sanding>>>Chris>>I see you've had several replies here (to use a planer) that are probably>correct. I am not building a piet yet so I have no direct experience.>However in general wood working a jointer would be used before the planer.>This guarantees that the wood is square and not a parallelogram in cross>section. Perhaps others can comment on this.>>Marc Davis>>-----Original Message----->From: Chris A Tracy [SMTP:catdesigns(at)juno.com]>Sent: Wednesday, March 01, 2000 5:47 PM>To: pietenpol-list(at)matronics.com>Subject: Pietenpol-List: Door and Sanding>>>Yippi, the UPS truck came monday with a big old box of spruce for my wing>ribs(Ordered from Wicks, Didn't have to pay sales tax like I would have>from AS&S. Yes Im that cheep). The wood is only sanded on 2 sides (S2S)>and there are a few knots in them. In fact one of them broke right at>the knot with hardly any pressure. Word to the wise CHECK ALL WOOD even>AC certified. Just one more suggestion for people new to this list, down>load the Piet list archive file and read through it. I know it's huge>and you had better have a lot of hard drive space but the information is>invaluable I have read most of it( started in january) . just blast>through the junk, there is alot of good stuff in there. It's like>building an airplane just read through some of it every day and you will>learn a lot. I cheat I read it during lunch while at work. This has the>added benefit of making it look like Im working during my lunch time.>>>Now for my questions:>>1: Do I need to sand the rough side this wood or can I use it the way it>is? I hate to sand.>>2: Have any of you installed a door for the front cockpit. I believe Gary>Price has it on the one he built and sold plans for the door.>>Thanks>Chris>(Sacramento, CA)>>________________________________________________________________________________

matronics · Post by **matronics** » Thu Mar 02, 2000 9:14 am

Original Posted By: owner-pietenpol-list-server(at)matronics.com
Find a planer. the sides must be glue ready for the gussets. It will onlytake an hour or so to run your wood through.SteveE.-----Original Message-----

matronics · Post by **matronics** » Thu Mar 02, 2000 9:29 am

Original Posted By: Wayne Meier

matronics · Post by **matronics** » Thu Mar 02, 2000 10:49 am

Original Posted By: owner-pietenpol-list-server(at)matronics.com
I remember sanding all for corners of my top and bottom cap strips on mypiet just to take the sharp corner off, to prevent a split starting duringhandling. Guess I'll do that on my TW ribs too, now that I remember it.-----Original Message-----

matronics · Post by **matronics** » Thu Mar 02, 2000 10:55 am

Original Posted By: Chris A Tracy [SMTP:catdesigns(at)juno.com]
Chris I see you've had several replies here (to use a planer) that are probablycorrect. I am not building a piet yet so I have no direct experience.However in general wood working a jointer would be used before the planer.This guarantees that the wood is square and not a parallelogram in crosssection. Perhaps others can comment on this.Marc Davis-----Original Message-----

matronics · Post by **matronics** » Thu Mar 02, 2000 11:52 am

Original Posted By: Ken Beanlands

matronics · Post by **matronics** » Thu Mar 02, 2000 6:36 pm

Original Posted By: "John McNarry"
Subject: Re: Pietenpol-List: Door and SandingA good sharp block plane would be a joy to use on all that clear spruce.Howdy________________________________________________________________________________

matronics · Post by **matronics** » Thu Mar 02, 2000 7:53 pm

Original Posted By: Davis, Marc
HiI just spent the day planning and jointing ash for a non Piet project.Usually rough sawn boards are planned two sides and then the best edgejointed. Sometimes a freehand rip has to be done to get a good enough edgeto joint. The fourth edge is then ripped and the jointer finishes the job.Marc is right you need both a jointer and a planner to get square stock. ButI usualy plane first then joint.Sure do like the smells of woodworking, beats matalworking hands down!John-----Original Message-----

matronics · Post by **matronics** » Fri Mar 03, 2000 11:24 am

Original Posted By: Daryl R Meece
Subject: Re: Pietenpol-List: Door and SandingI here others talk about the wood getting out of square with a block plane. This could be the case if you were removing a lot of material. One, maybe two passes is all you will make. 1. Be sure the blade is sharp. 2. Be sure the blade is straight (set to the same thickness on each side). 3. Take as little material off as you can and still get a nice curl. 4. Always try to cut with the grain falling away (not always possible on long piece of wood, the grain can change back and forth). 5. Try to make the cut in one long pass. 6. Practice on a scrap piece first, you'll like it. I'd bet money that Don used a block plane and not a machine.Howdy ________________________________________________________________________________Date: Fri, 3 Mar 2000 15:58:16 -0500Subject: Re: Pietenpol-List: Door and Sanding

matronics · Post by **matronics** » Fri Mar 03, 2000 7:48 pm

Original Posted By: Jim Malley
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