Brodhead Pietenpol Association

Original Posted By: "John Francis"
Happy new year ... I just looked at your pictures. You are a very good craftsman. Your airplane is fantastic. Keep up the good work and post more pictures. Are you flying it yet ? You seem so close to finishing.Read this topic online here:http://forums.matronics.com/viewtopic.p ... ___Subject: Pietenpol-List: Creative Clamping

Original Posted By: "Catdesigns"
This has been a challenge I wasnt expecting during the build. Ive used tape, rubberbands, paper clips, wedges and anything I can think of to clamp glue joints.It keeps my mind working and I hear that is a good thing. Happy New Yearall!--------John FrancisRead this topic online here:http://forums.matronics.com/viewtopic.p ... ttachments: http://forums.matronics.com//files/dsc0 ... ___Subject: Pietenpol-List: Re: Creative Clamping

Original Posted By: "Gary Boothe"
I have had the same experience. http://www.westcoastpiet.com/images/Chr ... 6070.JPGMy TE is a tongue and groove design and it was held on with electrical tape whilethe epoxy dried.http://www.westcoastpiet.com/images/Chr ... _5049.JPGI found the cheap plastic bar clamps from Harbor Freight to be great for buildingwith epoxy. They are cheap, do not clamp very tight, they are cheap, the epoxywont stick to them and they are cheap. Did I mention they were cheap? Thisway if they get wrecked you can toss them. To date no nails have been harmed in the building of my plane.Chris--------ChrisSacramento, CAWestCoastPiet.comRead this topic online here:http://forums.matronics.com/viewtopic.p ... __________

Original Posted By: owner-pietenpol-list-server(at)matronics.com [mailto:owner-pietenpol-list-server(at)matronics.com] On Behalf Of John Francis
Looks like good work, John!Gary BootheNX308MB-----Original Message-----

Original Posted By: "AircamperN11MS"
Howdy=2C low 'n' slow fliers=3BIt sure has been quiet on the list the last week or two! Well=2C as the controller says on the radio=2C "Experimental Four-One-Charlie-Charlie=2C what are your intentions?"... I'll put this out as one of my early New Year's resolutions: it is my intention to sell my Air Camper in 2014. Not right this minute=2C but in a few months.Besides a pair of kayaks and a rowboat that I'm waiting to get started on=2C I have three other aircraft building projects in various stages of completion waiting in line after it and I only have one hangar=2C so Scout will be scouting for a new home. I have about 5 months to get it in shape to move=2C and that means wrapping up the tweaks that I've been putting on it=2C getting a fresh annual condition inspection=2C and getting in some last fun flights this spring before I fly it down to Frazier Lake for the West Coast fly-in in June. I am planning to make that a one-way trip down for NX41CC=2C with the hope of leaving it with its new buyer there or someplace in that vicinity. I will also fly it to a new buyer's location if it's almost anyplace in Washington=2C Oregon=2C California=2C or Nevada.I know these are not the best of economic times so if I don't sell it in June=2C I will probably hangar it down at Hanford in care of my friend Pat Panzera until the KR fly-in happens down in Chino in September=2C then I'll fly it down there for that event as well as to see if anyone is interested in it down in SoCal. If it doesn't sell at Chino=2C I plan to fly it over to Casa Grande Oct. 23-25 for the Copperstate fly-in to see if I can find a buyer for it there. If it doesn't sell there=2C I'll probably fly it back to Hanford for the winter. In any event=2C it will be for sale in a few months and I'll post more information and links to a webpage with pictures at that time. Meanwhile "move along... there's nothing to see here!" =3Bo)I'm not giving up on Piets=2C not leaving the Piet list=2C just planning to move on to other things and I also want to share the joy of Pietenpoling with someone who has the interest in flying these really fun little airplanes and who understands Scout. In my hangar I still have all of the plywood=2C spar stock=2C and other wood needed to construct the bones of another Air Camper. I also have a complete new set of landing gear legs and brackets with spoked motorcycle-wheels/tires and brakes=2C a tailwheel=2C pulleys=2C and various other bits needed to make a good start on another Piet. I have the templates and prototype for making all-aluminum=2C non-rib-stitched wing ribs with gapless=2C hingeless metal ailerons for Air Camper wings=2C so who knows if I'll jump into that project somewhere down the line.Happy 2014=2C and here's looking at you=2C kid!Oscar ZunigaMedford=2C ORAir Camper NX41CC "Scout"A75 power ________________________________________________________________________________Subject: Pietenpol-List: Re: Scouting for a new home

Original Posted By: "taildrags"
Oscar,Since you have KR brain. Do you happen to know my dad. Sparky Sparks at GellispieField in San Diego? He has been flying one for about 30 years. He too is puttinghis Piet up for sale.Happy new year,--------Scott LiefeldFlying N11MS since March 1972Steel TubeC-85-12Wire WheelsBrodhead in 1996Read this topic online here:http://forums.matronics.com/viewtopic.p ... ___Subject: Pietenpol-List: Re: Scouting for a new home

Original Posted By: "tools"
Scott;I do not know Sparky. Tell him to keep his Piet off the market until mine sellsthough ;o) Actually, I'm glad that these airplanes "make the rounds" and don'tjust get stuck back in dusty hangars... that means more people can enjoy them.Kind of like those old '55-'57 Chevies that just keep changing hands everycouple of years but still show up at the popular places on weekends and nicedays.--------Oscar ZunigaMedford, ORAir Camper NX41CC "Scout"A75 powerRead this topic online here:http://forums.matronics.com/viewtopic.p ... ___Subject: Pietenpol-List: Re: Scouting for a new home

Original Posted By: "tools"
uh... would Sparky have a GN-1? I got a ride from who I think was sparky WAY back, in Gilespie, in San Diego, courtesyof a connection from Stewart Cochran, in about 1995 or so. He built apiet and gave it to his son, who was an engineer on the B2 program... There'sa pic somewhere of that piet and a B2 bomber somewhere that I cannot find anymore. I'm sure it's in the BPA newsletter somewhere.I got a ride in a plane he bought, a grega, which was the first open cockpit airplaneride I ever had. I used to live less than 10 miles from there.Read this topic online here:http://forums.matronics.com/viewtopic.p ... ___Subject: Pietenpol-List: Re: Creative Clamping

Original Posted By: V Groah
I frequently get asked advice about setting up a shop and what to buy...I routinely advise to spend no more than a hunnert bucks on a table saw, but investat least a grand on clamps.For as many years as I can remember if ANY one asks me what I want for Christmas,it's clamps. Big ones, small ones, expensive ones, cheap ones, don't reallymatter. If it can clamp something, it's useful!Clamps are like blood to a builder!Read this topic online here:http://forums.matronics.com/viewtopic.p ... __________

Original Posted By:> n0kkj(at)yahoo.com
I have over 100 clamps and we ran out building the piet. Seems like you just can't have to many. > Subject: Pietenpol-List: Re: Creative Clamping

Original Posted By: "aviken"
Oh, yes! You will get resounding 'dittos' from every builder on this list whenit comes to clamps. Collect them, hoard them, get as many different types ofthem as you can. When you see them on sale somewhere, buy them even if you thinkyou already have enough. Spring clamps, ratchet clamps, bar clamps, C-clamps...little ones, big ones, bigger ones. And don't overlook the obvious onesaround the house... wooden clothespins are clamps, too! Cargo tie-down strapsare clamps. Bungees are clamps. Anything that can hold things together orpull them into place will find a use in your shop or hangar, especially if youwork alone.If you ever want to give a great gift to a builder or woodworker and you don'tknow what to get them, just go down the aisle with your cart and put togethera "Big Box O' Clamps" and you will be assured of a big grin and a hearty 'thank-you'from the recipient. Having clamps is like having money in the bank.--------Oscar ZunigaMedford, ORAir Camper NX41CC "Scout"A75 powerRead this topic online here:http://forums.matronics.com/viewtopic.p ... ___Subject: Pietenpol-List: Re: Creative Clamping

Original Posted By: Mario Giacummo
Here, try this. :-)And do yourself a favour, put the handles on!!Clif>> My wife complained when I told her we needed to stop at Harbor freight for > more clamps. She thought the arm load I had already bought was > sufficient. ________________________________________________________________________________

Original Posted By: "Douwe Blumberg"
Subject: Re: Pietenpol-List: Re: Creative ClampingThose are the great clamps I saw/use. you can build them with differentswidth, diameter, etc, to have more or less pressure. A simple great idea.Mario Giacummo2014/1/3 Clif Dawson > Here, try this. > And do yourself a favour, put the handles on!!>> Clif>>>>> My wife complained when I told her we needed to stop at Harbor freight>> for more clamps. She thought the arm load I had already bought was>> sufficient.>>>________________________________________________________________________________

Original Posted By: "taildrags"
> To: pietenpol-list(at)matronics.com> > > I frequently get asked advice about setting up a shop and what to buy...> > I routinely advise to spend no more than a hunnert bucks on a table saw=2C but invest at least a grand on clamps.> > For as many years as I can remember if ANY one asks me what I want for Christmas=2C it's clamps. Big ones=2C small ones=2C expensive ones=2C cheap ones=2C don't really matter. If it can clamp something=2C it's useful!> > Clamps are like blood to a builder!> > > > > Read this topic online here:> > http://forums.matronics.com/viewtopic.p ... 438#416438> > > > > > > ============================================> > > ________________________________________________________________________________Subject: Pietenpol-List: Re: Creative Clamping