Brodhead Pietenpol Association

Original Posted By: Kip & Beth Gardner
Happy New Year!! I hope everyone had good holidays. I took time off from buildingand just got plain crazy with shopping and all the rest of the stuff that goalong with the season. Yesterday I found myself out in the garage looking at the materialsI bought for the rib jig. I decided to start laying out the measurementsfor the rib shape, and start to draw it out. I clamped my 4 ft. rule onthe MDF board,and the rest turned out to be more difficult than I thought.That is because in my initial purchases of tools, I went to a discount tentsale, knowing full well the sub-quality of some items that would be there.I figured to pick and choose carefully. One item I bought was a 4 ft.steel rule, thinking it would double as a good straight edge. That is allit is, too. There are 2 areas on this rule where the inches have 15divisions instead of 16!! Watch out for those Homier Tent Sales!! I thought my eyes were going buggy for a few minutes! So now I'mgoing to spend good money on good tools, especially measurement tools. Iwill now lay out my rib with a compass and dividers, reading off my trusty6" Starret rule.Learning lessons inch by inch in windy, snowy Oklahoma,Kent________________________________________________________________________________Date: Wed, 2 Jan 2002 09:20:40 -0500

Original Posted By: "Michael Brusilow"
Kent:Be careful laying out the dimensions on the drawing also--- I put them in AutoCad to confirm the accuracy of the rib drawings I received with the plans, and they did NOT match. So, I used the full size plan view."Measure twice, cut once!"Doug>From: Kent Hallsten >Reply-To: pietenpol-list(at)matronics.com>To: "'pietenpol-list(at)matronics.com'" >Subject: Pietenpol-List: Measure twice...>Date: Wed, 2 Jan 2002 08:12:37 -0600>>>>Happy New Year!!>> I hope everyone had good holidays. I took time off from building>and just got plain crazy with shopping and all the rest of the stuff that >go>along with the season.> Yesterday I found myself out in the garage looking at the >materials>I bought for the rib jig. I decided to start laying out the measurements>for the rib shape, and start to draw it out. I clamped my 4 ft. rule on>the MDF board,and the rest turned out to be more difficult than I thought.>That is because in my initial purchases of tools, I went to a discount tent>sale, knowing full well the sub-quality of some items that would be there.>I figured to pick and choose carefully. One item I bought was a 4 ft.>steel rule, thinking it would double as a good straight edge. That is all>it is, too. There are 2 areas on this rule where the inches have 15>divisions instead of 16!! Watch out for those Homier Tent Sales!!> I thought my eyes were going buggy for a few minutes! So now I'm>going to spend good money on good tools, especially measurement tools. I>will now lay out my rib with a compass and dividers, reading off my trusty>6" Starret rule.>>Learning lessons inch by inch in windy, snowy Oklahoma,>>Kent>>________________________________________________________________________________

Original Posted By: Michael D Cuy

Original Posted By: lshutks(at)webtv.net (Leon Stefan)
Doug, I was going to use the full size layout also, but when I measuredthe distance between the spars it was 3/4" to long!!! I have tohand draw the airfoil onto the MDF board I'm using. If anyone has an accurate full size layout for the rib I'd appreciate acopy of it. I'll gladly reimburse for the costs.George AllenHarrisburg, PAGeorgeA(at)PAonline.com(wait'n for wood Peit'. builder)>From: "Doug Sheets" >Subject: Re: Pietenpol-List: Measure twice...>> Kent:> Be careful laying out the dimensions on the drawing also--- I put them in> AutoCad to confirm the accuracy of the rib drawings I received with the> plans, and they did NOT match. So, I used the full size plan view.> "Measure twice, cut once!"> Doug________________________________________________________________________________