Brodhead Pietenpol Association

Original Posted By: "Bill Church"
Subject: Re: Pietenpol-List: Steamin' CuriousBill,I built all my ribs before I knew I was supposed to steam the top cap strip. The guys at Brodhead said they had heard of ribs breaking after the airplane had been flown awhile. They scared me, so I took all my finished ribs,and soaked the noses of them in warm water in a 5 gal. bucket. When I took them out, two of the top cap strip pieces had broken at the sharpest point. I had to make these two ribs over again. My thinking was that soaking after completion relieved the stress, and was better than nothing. Dan HelsperPoplar Grove, IL.________________________________________________________________________________Subject: RE: Pietenpol-List: sawsDate: Tue, 23 Jan 2007 11:20:01 -0500

Original Posted By: "Bill Church"

Original Posted By: "MICHAEL SILVIUS"
We Cessna drivers won't be turned away by a squadron of Piets if we try to fly in will we?>From: "Mike Whaley" >Reply-To: pietenpol-list(at)matronics.com>To: "Pietenpol List" >Subject: Pietenpol-List: Fly-In in Central Florida... seeking Piets & other >interesting airplanes>Date: Mon, 22 Jan 2007 21:38:59 -0500>>>Hi all,>>I know this is a bit off-topic but perhaps it will be of interest to those>of you in Florida... we're having a little fly-in / aviation day type event>on February 17th at Valkaria Airport (X59) and we're trying to round up>"exotic" aircraft to show all the interesting aspects of general and>recreational aviation to the community. ("Exotic" meaning anything except a>white Cessna 152, basically... homebuilts, warbirds, ultralights, balloons,>helicopters, anti-gravity boots, rocket belts, magic flying carpets, big >red>bulletproof capes, etc.) Valkaria is a small uncontrolled field a little >bit>south of Melbourne on the east coast of Florida, with cheap avgas and some>interesting homebuilt activity.>>If anyone is interested in attending, get in touch with me and I can give>you more info, or check out our website:>>http://www.mlbpilots.org/ValkariaAirFes ... Mike>>Mike Whaley merlin@ov-10bronco.net>Webmaster, OV-10 Bronco Association>http://www.ov-10bronco.net/>>__________ ... __________

Original Posted By: Bill Church
Had one of them flying carbide tips embed in my eye lid once!!!!! TABLE SAW SAFETY 101 your hands should never be on the table saw top. ---EVER--- use a push stick and a feather board, if you bugger up your wood - - -big deal!!!, it can be replaced, not so your fingers, besides it really sucks to try and pick your nose with stumps. 20 yrs of making a living as a carpenter and still have all my digits if you wrap your fingers around your board so as they make contact with the edge of the table top when they get to it your hands will never go near the blade. now for angle grinders- - - had cutting wheel shatter on me this summer. Makita 10k rpm, estimated distance to my belly 17 inches. the two inch piece that hit my belly (yes guard was on) was found in the neighbors garage 200 feet across the street. felt like a gun shot to the gut. Doubeld over out of breath for 5 minutes. Waiting to see the blod gush between my gloved fingers. I was real lucky, fortunately it hit side on as opposed to on edge so no penetration. the apple sized purple-pink-black-and-blue was sore as al getup for 32 weeks and took 3 months to dissipate. be safe. ----- Original Message -----

Original Posted By: Ben Charvet
that was meant to read 3 weeks!! not 32 I Have no stumps but I type as if I doo!!! -black-and-blue was sore as al getup for 32 weeks and took 3 months to dissipate. be safe.________________________________________________________________________________Date: Tue, 23 Jan 2007 19:29:34 -0500