Original Posted By: del magsam
Hi AllI was downstairs playing earlier, looking over the fuse and thinking whatneeded doing next (O.K, so I was drinking beer in the shop ;-)With the turning over and over to place the various fittings, I realizedwhat was needed was something like an engine stand, or the "rotiserie"stands used for metal frames.What I did was build a nose and tail one out of 2x3's and old castors. The"firewall" one sits with a 26" sqaure piece of ply, and the fuse is frictionheld by screwing some scrap pine sticks thru the ply thus clamping the frontposts.The tail has a similar clamp-type setup made to fit. Both rotate on 1/4"bolts on the center of the ply, with another going thru at the "bottom" fora locking pin. "Bearing" is just a scap of 3/4" oak.Only took 3 beers, ...er,...um, I meant a couple hours to build both, andthe only time I will need a helper to turn the fuse from here on in (I HATEworking sideways or upside-down) is to actually mount it on the stand.Cost was about $25 for the pair if I'd had to buy the stuff now. (Thatsrougly what I spent on the stuff originally)MikeAirplanes dont fly on gas, they fly on money.The more money you throw at them,the faster they fly.IHA 110________________________________________________________________________________Date: Mon, 24 Jan 2000 14:58:01 -0800 (PST)