Brodhead Pietenpol Association

Original Posted By: "walt evans"

Original Posted By: HelsperSew(at)aol.com
Larry,Thanks for letting me know about the heater. I'll stop using it and look for somethinglike you mentioned. I'll have to go back and destroy one of my ribsto see how it fails. Was the kerosene heater going during building or your friends ribs? If so, whatdid he do?--------Glenn ThomasN?????http://www.flyingwood.comRead this topic online here:http://forums.matronics.com/viewtopic.p ... __________

Original Posted By: "walt evans"

Original Posted By: Larry Rice

Original Posted By: "Glenn Thomas"
I called System 3 and talked to tech support about the kerosene heater. BecauseI sand the surface of the gusset and the rib at the gusset location prior toT-88 application I should be fine. He also recommended using a solvent to cleanthe 2 surfaces before bonding as indicated on the instructions. Aware ofthis, I chose to just clean with a shop vac because I was unable to find a satisfactorypromise that the solvent wouldn't adversely react to the adhesives inthe plywood (which are fairly thin layers in 1/16" ply). ...but no more keroseneanymore. Although the idea of standing in a cold shed after being on myass for 3 days of the flu is not attractive right now. Thanks for the warning.--------Glenn ThomasN?????http://www.flyingwood.comRead this topic online here:http://forums.matronics.com/viewtopic.p ... ___Subject: Pietenpol-List: Re: Making Rib Gussets

Original Posted By: "Greg Bacon"
The hole saw approach will save a significant amount of time. Each one of my gussetsis a different size and making custom sized gussets for each place on arib took me 3 full days to make them all. I've seen pictures of someone elseon the list (Bill Church's log on MyKitPlane I believe) where he used round gussetsand was able to quickly sand the edges smooth with a drill and a pieceof sandpaper. You could probably cut the length of the gusset cutting processdown to 1/3 if you made them all the same size and just stacked them up aligninggrain and cut them in half. If I do this again I will do that.--------Glenn ThomasN?????http://www.flyingwood.comRead this topic online here:http://forums.matronics.com/viewtopic.p ... __________