Original Posted By: Michael D Cuy
Pietenpol-List: work bench length
Re: Pietenpol-List: work bench length
Original Posted By: BARNSTMR(at)aol.com
RE: Pietenpol-List: work bench length
Original Posted By: owner-pietenpol-list-server(at)matronics.com
Jeff,I used two 8 foot by 3 foot flooring sheets to get a 16 foot by 3 foottable. Works a treat.Peter.http://cpc-world.cable.nu (Check out fuse construction, need to get some new pictures on there!!)-----Original Message-----
Jeff,I used two 8 foot by 3 foot flooring sheets to get a 16 foot by 3 foottable. Works a treat.Peter.http://cpc-world.cable.nu (Check out fuse construction, need to get some new pictures on there!!)-----Original Message-----
Re: Pietenpol-List:
Original Posted By: "Alex Sloan"
Subject: Re: Pietenpol-List: PIETERS, I want to put a new crank seal on a tapershaft cont and wonder if anyone knows how to remove the prop flange from the crank. I know I can split the case and use a split seal but prefer not to. There is not enough room behind the flange to get a seal in. Any help would be appreciated. Ken Conrad in Hot Iowa The overhaul manuals don't give a clue________________________________________________________________________________
Subject: Re: Pietenpol-List: PIETERS, I want to put a new crank seal on a tapershaft cont and wonder if anyone knows how to remove the prop flange from the crank. I know I can split the case and use a split seal but prefer not to. There is not enough room behind the flange to get a seal in. Any help would be appreciated. Ken Conrad in Hot Iowa The overhaul manuals don't give a clue________________________________________________________________________________
Re: Pietenpol-List: work bench length
Original Posted By: "Jeff Cours"
Jeff,I built my fuselage on a 16' work table and had room to spare. It is thestretch fuselage. It is now sitting on the table glued together. My workshop is so small I have to leave it there and stand on stools to work on theinside. I have all the plywood glued on.Alex Sloan----- Original Message -----
Jeff,I built my fuselage on a 16' work table and had room to spare. It is thestretch fuselage. It is now sitting on the table glued together. My workshop is so small I have to leave it there and stand on stools to work on theinside. I have all the plywood glued on.Alex Sloan----- Original Message -----
Re: Pietenpol-List: work bench length
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Terry,I have my spars and extra spruce and all the 4130 stored under the 16' worktable.Alex Sloan----- Original Message -----
Terry,I have my spars and extra spruce and all the 4130 stored under the 16' worktable.Alex Sloan----- Original Message -----
Re: Pietenpol-List: Pietenpol Reunion this Weekend in Ohio
Original Posted By: "Dick and Marge Gillespie"
Me too! Did my Piet wing exactly to the Poly Fiber manual, and it came outgreat. Don't try to second guess the professionals. (my 2 cents.....thankyou)walt evansNX140DL----- Original Message -----
Me too! Did my Piet wing exactly to the Poly Fiber manual, and it came outgreat. Don't try to second guess the professionals. (my 2 cents.....thankyou)walt evansNX140DL----- Original Message -----
Re: Pietenpol-List: work bench length
Original Posted By: "Alex Sloan"
I ripped a sheet of 1/2" ply and made a 2'x16' bench. Spliced two pairs of10' 2'x4''s with bolts and screwed the ply on top of these, spaced parallelabout 18" apart.Put the whole thing on top of three plastic workbenches, leveled and snappeda straight line down the middle. When finished, the whole thing broke downin ten minutes and is in the loft for use on the next project.Larry----- Original Message -----
I ripped a sheet of 1/2" ply and made a 2'x16' bench. Spliced two pairs of10' 2'x4''s with bolts and screwed the ply on top of these, spaced parallelabout 18" apart.Put the whole thing on top of three plastic workbenches, leveled and snappeda straight line down the middle. When finished, the whole thing broke downin ten minutes and is in the loft for use on the next project.Larry----- Original Message -----
Re: Pietenpol-List:
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Ken,The books, (Tony B's I think) goes into it in detail. Remove any securingdevice, and put a bar about 2 ft. long in the holes of the hub, and pull inthe unwind direction while leaning on the prop. ( Lefty loosie, rightytighty)then I had to give the prop hub a whack with a dead blow, like a piece of4X4 or a sledge hammer hitting the hub thru a block of wood, and it will popoff.. Next thing you will have the prop and the hub combined in your hand.walt evansNX140DL----- Original Message -----
Ken,The books, (Tony B's I think) goes into it in detail. Remove any securingdevice, and put a bar about 2 ft. long in the holes of the hub, and pull inthe unwind direction while leaning on the prop. ( Lefty loosie, rightytighty)then I had to give the prop hub a whack with a dead blow, like a piece of4X4 or a sledge hammer hitting the hub thru a block of wood, and it will popoff.. Next thing you will have the prop and the hub combined in your hand.walt evansNX140DL----- Original Message -----
Re: Pietenpol-List:
Original Posted By: clif
Subject: Re: Pietenpol-List: There's an internal snap ring. Be sure you look at it and understand how it secures the hub before you back off the nut. Wedge a small piece of aluminum or something to hold it gapped apart so it will not draw together as you back the hub off. This will save you some grief.Terry Bowdenph (254) 715-4773fax (254) 853-3805________________________________________________________________________________Date: Thu, 21 Aug 2003 22:51:46 -0700
Subject: Re: Pietenpol-List: There's an internal snap ring. Be sure you look at it and understand how it secures the hub before you back off the nut. Wedge a small piece of aluminum or something to hold it gapped apart so it will not draw together as you back the hub off. This will save you some grief.Terry Bowdenph (254) 715-4773fax (254) 853-3805________________________________________________________________________________Date: Thu, 21 Aug 2003 22:51:46 -0700
Re: Pietenpol-List:
Original Posted By: clif
Subject: Re: Pietenpol-List: In a message dated 8/22/03 12:01:46 AM Central Daylight Time, BARNSTMR(at)aol.com writes:>Ah, yes. I remember this snap ring. It's an internal snap ring, that has four access holes to squeeze the snap ring clear of the internal portion of thehub. I made four studs that were a little smaller than the holes, about 3/16"long, and held them in the holes, and compressed that snap ring with a hose clamp around the outside of them. Tighten up the hose clamp, after aligning the little studs within the holes, and the snap ring clears the groove, then thehub can be threaded off. However, break the tapered shaft loose, before doing the snap ring thing.Chuck G.Chuck________________________________________________________________________________Date: Thu, 21 Aug 2003 23:38:19 -0700
Subject: Re: Pietenpol-List: In a message dated 8/22/03 12:01:46 AM Central Daylight Time, BARNSTMR(at)aol.com writes:>Ah, yes. I remember this snap ring. It's an internal snap ring, that has four access holes to squeeze the snap ring clear of the internal portion of thehub. I made four studs that were a little smaller than the holes, about 3/16"long, and held them in the holes, and compressed that snap ring with a hose clamp around the outside of them. Tighten up the hose clamp, after aligning the little studs within the holes, and the snap ring clears the groove, then thehub can be threaded off. However, break the tapered shaft loose, before doing the snap ring thing.Chuck G.Chuck________________________________________________________________________________Date: Thu, 21 Aug 2003 23:38:19 -0700
Re: Pietenpol-List: Pietenpol Reunion this Weekend in Ohio
Original Posted By: Kip & Beth Gardner
Re: Pietenpol-List: Pietenpol Reunion this Weekend in Ohio
Original Posted By: "Kip & Beth Gardner"
Don't get me wrong, but don't try to reinvent the wheel :>).Get the $10.00 Poly Fiber "how to" book, and all of this is covered inthere. Even the concave wing of the Piet.It's a step by step book with pictures, and very easy to understand. My ,now flying Piet, was my second project with Poly Fiber, and I'm sold on it.walt evansNX140DL----- Original Message -----
Don't get me wrong, but don't try to reinvent the wheel :>).Get the $10.00 Poly Fiber "how to" book, and all of this is covered inthere. Even the concave wing of the Piet.It's a step by step book with pictures, and very easy to understand. My ,now flying Piet, was my second project with Poly Fiber, and I'm sold on it.walt evansNX140DL----- Original Message -----
Re: Pietenpol-List: Pietenpol Reunion this Weekend in Ohio
Original Posted By: ""
Re: Pietenpol-List: Pietenpol Reunion this Weekend in Ohio
Original Posted By: "w b evans"
Not only that, (the book) you can call them toll-free in CA and ask themany questions you might have. (Poly-Fiber that is)DickG----- Original Message -----
Not only that, (the book) you can call them toll-free in CA and ask themany questions you might have. (Poly-Fiber that is)DickG----- Original Message -----
Re: Pietenpol-List: work bench length
Original Posted By: "Jeff Cours"
Hi:I planned to laminate my wing spars, so when i started on the table, arequirement was a flat, straight plane surface.Looked at the 14' and 16' 2x4s and 2x6s and was not happy with thestraightness or the cost. So I used metal stud and metal plates, (2x4size). They are straight and don't warp and they are cheap. The studs area perfect fit to the inside of the plates, (they are both galvanized steelchannels). So I butted two 8' studs at the mid point of a 10'plate; thenbutted a an 8' +/- plate to the side plates. These were 45 deg. V notchedat the 3' and 5' points and bent into 90 deg. corners at the V, forming theend pieces of a 2' x 16' frame. held everything together with 1/2" sheetmetal screws. Also reinforced the ends with wood a 2x4 trimmed to fitinside the stud section liners. Ditto with 2x4s at 4' intervals inside theframe; used drywall screws to fasten them.The table surface was made of doubled 1/2" particle board; I happened tofind some 34" x 8' pieces cheap so thats what I used. Centered a piece,with half pieces butted for the bottom layer and 2 pieces for the top layermaking the top 1" thick and very ridgid. Mounted the frame/table top on 3sawhorses. Checked the flatness with a stretched wire and it checked outOK. By using drywall screws, it was easily disassembled and reused.I am sold on the metal stud/plate frame concept and do recommend it. Alsothe particle board is easy to screw the jig pieces to.Just another way to make a table.Regards,Lou Larsen----- Original Message -----
Hi:I planned to laminate my wing spars, so when i started on the table, arequirement was a flat, straight plane surface.Looked at the 14' and 16' 2x4s and 2x6s and was not happy with thestraightness or the cost. So I used metal stud and metal plates, (2x4size). They are straight and don't warp and they are cheap. The studs area perfect fit to the inside of the plates, (they are both galvanized steelchannels). So I butted two 8' studs at the mid point of a 10'plate; thenbutted a an 8' +/- plate to the side plates. These were 45 deg. V notchedat the 3' and 5' points and bent into 90 deg. corners at the V, forming theend pieces of a 2' x 16' frame. held everything together with 1/2" sheetmetal screws. Also reinforced the ends with wood a 2x4 trimmed to fitinside the stud section liners. Ditto with 2x4s at 4' intervals inside theframe; used drywall screws to fasten them.The table surface was made of doubled 1/2" particle board; I happened tofind some 34" x 8' pieces cheap so thats what I used. Centered a piece,with half pieces butted for the bottom layer and 2 pieces for the top layermaking the top 1" thick and very ridgid. Mounted the frame/table top on 3sawhorses. Checked the flatness with a stretched wire and it checked outOK. By using drywall screws, it was easily disassembled and reused.I am sold on the metal stud/plate frame concept and do recommend it. Alsothe particle board is easy to screw the jig pieces to.Just another way to make a table.Regards,Lou Larsen----- Original Message -----
Pietenpol-List: work bench length
Original Posted By: Kip & Beth Gardner
Re: Pietenpol-List: Pietenpol Reunion this Weekend in Ohio
Original Posted By: Carbarvo(at)aol.com
Subject: Re: Pietenpol-List: Pietenpol Reunion this Weekend in OhioChuck,Don't want to intrude on your writings as Isabelle and I are thoroughly enjoying it. I told her about your conclusions about women and props and your proposed, "Cruise around America". She says, why don't you go with him while youstill have a Piet?Want to talk?Corky in La raring to go________________________________________________________________________________
Subject: Re: Pietenpol-List: Pietenpol Reunion this Weekend in OhioChuck,Don't want to intrude on your writings as Isabelle and I are thoroughly enjoying it. I told her about your conclusions about women and props and your proposed, "Cruise around America". She says, why don't you go with him while youstill have a Piet?Want to talk?Corky in La raring to go________________________________________________________________________________
Re: Pietenpol-List: Pietenpol Reunion this Weekend in Ohio
Original Posted By: "Ian Holland"
Subject: Re: Pietenpol-List: Pietenpol Reunion this Weekend in OhioHi Chuck.....Are you familiar with the chap from here in Alabama who flew the US perimeter in a Kolb Mark III? If not and you're interested, I'll look him up and give you his name, etc. But the folks at "New Kolb" can probably tell you about him. Carl V.________________________________________________________________________________
Subject: Re: Pietenpol-List: Pietenpol Reunion this Weekend in OhioHi Chuck.....Are you familiar with the chap from here in Alabama who flew the US perimeter in a Kolb Mark III? If not and you're interested, I'll look him up and give you his name, etc. But the folks at "New Kolb" can probably tell you about him. Carl V.________________________________________________________________________________
Re: Pietenpol-List: work bench length
Original Posted By: dpilot
Re: Pietenpol-List: Pietenpol Reunion this Weekend in Ohio
Original Posted By: Carbarvo(at)aol.com
Subject: Re: Pietenpol-List: Pietenpol Reunion this Weekend in OhioChuck...I'll look that stuff up and get back with you......Carl V________________________________________________________________________________
Subject: Re: Pietenpol-List: Pietenpol Reunion this Weekend in OhioChuck...I'll look that stuff up and get back with you......Carl V________________________________________________________________________________
Re: Pietenpol-List: Three piece and one piece wings are differen??
Original Posted By: Victorjeanharper(at)aol.com
Subject: Re: Pietenpol-List: Three piece and one piece wings are differen??I've heard this before, so when I started building my Piet, I was watching for it. Can anybody suggest where the 30 or so pounds comes from? My whole center section (V. J. Kappler plans with a flop added) doesn't weigh 20 pounds(including the fuel tank) and my wings are each a foot shorter than one half ofa one piece wing. Carl V.________________________________________________________________________________
Subject: Re: Pietenpol-List: Three piece and one piece wings are differen??I've heard this before, so when I started building my Piet, I was watching for it. Can anybody suggest where the 30 or so pounds comes from? My whole center section (V. J. Kappler plans with a flop added) doesn't weigh 20 pounds(including the fuel tank) and my wings are each a foot shorter than one half ofa one piece wing. Carl V.________________________________________________________________________________