Original Posted By: fishin
Well written Steve, Very easy to visaulize what you are proposing. As a longtime woodworker I agree that this would be the best way for Richard to doit. John Duprey> Richard,> > Not to worry. I think you can get out of this one relativly easily.This> is what I'm thinking:> > turn your fuse over.> Temporarily position a wooden brace underneath the edge of the plywood tobe> scarfed to prevent any flexing.> Protect the longerons by wrapping them with a thin piece of Aluminum and> taped in place. (protecting the longerons is going to be very important)> Begin your scarf joint by marking a pencil line back from the edge. You> may consider just a 12-1 here and make it 3 inches.> Remove most of the material with a circular sander, or a hand plane.Finish> the detail cut with a very sharp low profile hand plane.> > BTW plywood is nice to scarf because the layers of wood are a great> indicator of how straight your joint is.> > Prepare your rear piece with an opposing scarf. Fit and glue in placeall> at once. Make sure that your scarf joint is well wetted with glue.Clamp> it by covering the joint in wax paper and nail or better yet screwthrough> the joint in 3-4 places to tighten the joint until dry. If you useepoxy,> clean up any squeezeout after the epoxy gets to the green stage.> > Once you are done you should be as good as new. Scarf the side panels in> the same way, (but before you attach them--Like I need to say that.) but> locate the joints in the forward end of the fuse box under a upright.> > Hope that helps,> > Steve Eldredge> IT Services> Brigham Young University> > > > -----Original Message-----> > Richard DeCosta> > Sent: Wednesday, July 07, 1999 8:46 AM> > To: Pietenpol Discussion> > Subject: 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? Just how 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> > > >> >"the Ox is slow, but the Earth is patient"________________________________________________________________________________