Original Posted By: John Duprey
Subject: Pietenpol-List: RE: two-piece floor>Any suggesions for scarf-joining the two pieces now that one of them is>firmly glued to the fuselage? Damn! A butt joint would be THAT bad in>that location?>>--- steve(at)byu.edu wrote:>> Are you making the joints due to the fact that the plywood is to>> short? I>> had the same problem, but I scarf jointed the pieces before gluing>> them to>> the fuse. I would imagine that getting a good tight scarf joint (16>> to 1)>> would be much more difficult on the fuse. Butt joints would of>> course be a>> comprimise to safety in a big way.>>>> Steve Eldredge>> IT Services>> Brigham Young University>>>>>> > -----Original Message----->> Of>> > Richard DeCosta>> > Sent: Wednesday, July 07, 1999 6:20 AM>> > To: Pietenpol Discussion>> > Subject: two-piece floor>> >>> >>> > I never heard back after Steve's "wassup with the two-piece floor">> > comment. Can someone verify that this is not going to cause me>> great>> > trouble, as I have to do the same thing with the fuse sides. I am>> > joining the two floor sections at the white ash piece, so>> > there'll be a>> > nice solid 3-way joint, and the sides will join at a 1 x 3/4 spruce>> > piece.>> >>> > Richard>> > ===>> > "Lady, you want me to answer you if this old airplane is safe>> > to fly? Just how in the world do you think it got to be this>> > old?" - Jim Tavenner>> > --------------------------------------------------------->> > Visit www.AirCamper.org - A Low 'n Slow Online Community!>> > --------------------------------------------------------->> > My homepage: http://www.AirCamper.org/w3builder>> > >> >>> >>>>>>>===>"Lady, you want me to answer you if this old airplane is safe to fly? Justhow in the world do you think it got to be this old?" - Jim Tavenner>--------------------------------------------------------->Visit http://www.AirCamper.org - A Low 'n Slow Online Community!>--------------------------------------------------------->My homepage: http://www.AirCamper.org/w3builder>>___ ... __________