Brodhead Pietenpol Association

Original Posted By: del magsam
Subject: Pietenpol-List: PERSONAL PETITIONBECAUSE IM NOT A REALLY GOOD COMPUTER'S USER . AND IDONT KNOW HO TO MAKE THIS PETITION .ITS THE NEXT.SINCERELY I NEVER READ ALL PIETENPOL MESSAGES THATARRIVE TO MY MAIL SO I WISH TO GET OUT OF ALL OTHERSLISTI KNOW YOU CAN HELP ME TO TELL THEM TO ERASE ME FROMTHEIR MAILING LIST.FOR YOUR ATTENTION THANK YOU JOSE EDUARDO PONCE MEXICOObtenga su direccin de correo-e gratis @yahoo.comen http://correo.espanol.yahoo.com________________________________________________________________________________Date: Fri, 15 Sep 2000 04:46:03 -0700 (PDT)

Original Posted By: Steve Eldredge
08:36:05 AMJavier,You can splice long parts together from shorter pieces with glue and along, clean overlapping tapered cuts. Log onto the EAA website andorder their building wood aircraft book. It discusses the properlength of taper, grain orientation and stress orientation to constructlongerons from "shorterons". For added confidence, construct a secondsplice of some shorter pieces of material and after allowing plenty oftime to cure, test it to destruction. The wood should fail before theglue.If you check through the archives of this list, you will findreferences to splicing longer pieces from shorter. Pietenpol builtspars from laminated 3/4 inch strips.I don't know what you have available for shopping resources there. Iwent to a Lowes Home Building Supply store this week and pickedthrough the 2X4 and 2X6 by 16 foot prime white spruce. I found acouple pieces that I could saw a couple of 16 foot by 1 inch by 1inch pieces from avoiding all the knots. The remainder will be cut toshorter pieces between the knots and I think that I will have all ofmy fuselage wood for $20. In different areas, different woods areavailable. Kiln dried Douglas Fir is one of the more universallyavailable. It is a little heavier and a little stronger than SitkaSpruce and a whole lot cheaper. You will have to pick through thepile to get the grain that you want, but it is available. YellowPoplar is also available in a lot of areas.You can get the U.S. Forest Products Laboratory Wood Handbook on-linefrom their website. It discusses many domestic USA woods and a numberof others that are imported to the USA. Read the descriptions andcompare the woods that you have available to Sitka Spruce. Get theEAA book and learn about selecting and building with wood.Lots of luck,Mike BellColumbia, SC javier cruz Sent by: To: Pietenpol-list(at)matronics.com owner-pietenpol-list-server@mat cc: ronics.com Subject: Pietenpol-List:fuselage longerons 09/14/2000 08:58 PM Please respond to pietenpol-list; Please respond to javier cruz Hi friendsI have been reading the pietenpol plans and i have aquestion:I call to UPS , DHL and the fuselage longerons,wingspars are to big for shipping, so i can make thelongerons with a more small parts?What company usually do you use for shipping?Thanks.Javier Cruz________________________________________________________________________________

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Original Posted By: "Warren D. Shoun"
Subject: Re: Pietenpol-List: fuselage longeronsOn the subject of wood.Several months ago I began building my Piet. I asked the LIST for many suggestions including sources of wood products. One reply was to the man in Calgary for sitka spruce. Talked to him and found him a little steep even though I don't question his quality. I found a wood source on the internet and I luckily chose this lumber company in Washington. I called and asked if they had a good grade of Douglas Fir with at least 8 to 12 rings per inch as I had been advised to asked by this list. He came back and said he had some select 2 X 6 Vertical Grain, Kiln dried with 18 to 22 rings per inch and very straight. I bought 8 timbers, 128 bd ft @ $ 4.65 per ft. It cost $ 140 shipping from Puget Sound to Shreveport. It was worth it as I have had absolutely no waste. They are rough sawn and measure about 1 7/8 after fine planing.I am so very pleased with this wood that I couldn't stay quiet any longer knowing someone out there was in the same plight as I 3 months ago.Corky in LaEdensaw Woods Ltd211 Seton RdPort Townsend, Wa 98368360-385-7878edensaw(at)edensaw.comI did my business with Mr. Jim Ferris________________________________________________________________________________Date: Fri, 15 Sep 2000 07:05:34 -0700

Original Posted By: nle97(at)juno.com
Subject: Re: Pietenpol-List: fuselage longerons

Original Posted By: Michael D Cuy