Pietenpol-List: Three piece wings
Posted: Tue Aug 19, 2008 12:51 pm
Original Posted By: Marc Davis
The three piece wing plans show a 3/4 inch wide spar rather than a routed 1inch spar in the regular plans. I'm wondering if anyone knows why thethickness is less? I assume three piece wings have been built to theseplans and are still hanging in there.On another question - the spar material that came with my project is 1/2inch. Over the winter it has cupped a little. I'm face gluing the sparstogether, with the grain properly arranged, and milling the 1 inch back downto 3/4 inch. Actually I've given the task to a local furniture maker - Ifit doesn't work, then I'm no further behind.Any issues that anyone can see with this approach?Bob________________________________________________________________________________
The three piece wing plans show a 3/4 inch wide spar rather than a routed 1inch spar in the regular plans. I'm wondering if anyone knows why thethickness is less? I assume three piece wings have been built to theseplans and are still hanging in there.On another question - the spar material that came with my project is 1/2inch. Over the winter it has cupped a little. I'm face gluing the sparstogether, with the grain properly arranged, and milling the 1 inch back downto 3/4 inch. Actually I've given the task to a local furniture maker - Ifit doesn't work, then I'm no further behind.Any issues that anyone can see with this approach?Bob________________________________________________________________________________