Brodhead Pietenpol Association

Original Posted By: "Dick Navratil"
New guy here.Been lurking in the shadows awhile.Received my plans and gearing up to start building.What is the best way to order the spruce for my fuselage?I have all the wood working tools needed,would it be best to order 1"x6" spar material and rip it to size?Thanks for any help!Willie_________________________________________________________________Mortgage refinance is hot 1) Rates near 30-yr lows 2) Good credit get intro-rate 4.625%* https://www2.nextag.com/goto.jsp?produc ... __________

Original Posted By: "William Czupryna"
WillieWhat area of the country are you in. There are a number of good sources.Dick N.----- Original Message -----

Original Posted By: "skellytownflyer"
I'm in east Texas.My original intent was to buy a spruce kit from as&s but in light of what I have read lately I'm probably ordering from Wicks.I was just wondered if I gain anything cutting to final size myself.Willie_________________________________________________________________Watch free concerts with Pink, Rod Stewart, Oasis and more. Visit MSN Presents today. http://music.msn.com/presents?icid=ncms ... ___Subject: Pietenpol-List: Re: purchasing spruce

Original Posted By: "Don Emch"
of course your results may vary,but I believe you will find that the bigger dimensionplanks that are clear of defects and meet aircraft specs will be very expensiveand probably you will be much more likely to get smaller dimensions thanbuying wide planks and ripping them up.i know some folks substitute Fir fortheir projects,but I guess if I was starting another project I'd try to geta wood kit from somebody like that myself as opposed to trying to grade wood myself.thestuf is expensive but to spend the years of labor and not know thatI had used the best wood would bother me.raymondRead this topic online here:http://forums.matronics.com/viewtopic.p ... ___Subject: Pietenpol-List: Re: purchasing spruce

Original Posted By: raymondolson(at)comcast.net
Wick's and AS&S both supply a nice product. I prefer Wick's. It is very niceto get wood that is cut and planed to exactly ordered dimensions. The price isno more when you order the exact dimensions. If you were looking to get sparand longeron material out of a 1 X 6 that would be ok, but for the same or lessmoney you could order 1 X 1 longerons and 1 X 4 3/4 spars. You would alsoprobably have less wait time. Larger pieces always have a longer wait time.You'll have lots of other types of cutting and fitting to do other than ripping:) ! Sitka Spruce, as we all know, is very expensive, I prefer to have mineas whole pieces and not as saw dust on the floor from ripping! So I'm not sure,am I "less filling" or "more taste" or is it "less sawdust/more wood"?Oh well, build away Pieters!!! Don EmchNX899DERead this topic online here:http://forums.matronics.com/viewtopic.p ... __________