I have a compass that has a lense from a flashlight. I installed it in 1985!
Flashlights are available in many different sizes, I bet there's one that will fit
Scott
Taylorcrafter
"c-fclr.blogspot.com"
Last Activity: 15 hours ago
Joined: 09-21-2013
Location: Thunder Bay Ontario Canada
-
You can create a blog for free with Google ( blogspot.com). The app has issues but it generall works. Mine is there c-fclr.blogspot.com
re cleaning parts.... I bought a long 8" HVAC pipe( cheep raw material), flattened it and bent sides and ends to form a long tray to soak ribs etc....Last edited by Scott; 1 week ago.Leave a comment:
-
Register with paypal
log in
go to accounts and add a credit card
look for "send money"
fill in the receivers email, the amount and click the pay (or send can't remember which) button
that's the gist...Leave a comment:
-
Welcome,
when I built my wings, I did them simultaneously up until the point where they needed to be on the rotisserie. I only built one rotisserie because I could only fit one wing at a time in the paint booth. There is some time savings to be had when you can transfer knowledge and practice...Leave a comment:
-
By they way, I used a similar edge shrinking technique to create compound curves on the nose bowl doubler I made. You can see where I shrunk along the inside radii and lower flange. This is 2024 T3 material and so takes a lot more convincing to change shape!
...Leave a comment:
-
Good, thanks for the factory info, good to know.
I guess the point I was trying to make is that you don't nessesarily need to roll/stretch the skin to create the compound. Shrinking along the perifery creates a compound in the body of the skin in perhaps a more even and predictable fashion,...Last edited by Scott; 2 weeks ago.Leave a comment:
-
Oh well, nix all that. BL not BC-65.
Guess I was asleep at the switchLeave a comment:
-
The top cowlings are flat ie no compound curves.
I get the impression that the BL65 had more compound in the lower cowling than the BC12D, but I think it was mostly created by shrinking the leading edge as opposed to rolling/ stretching. To get a good fitting D model lower cowling, you...Last edited by Scott; 3 weeks ago.Leave a comment:
No activity results to display
Leave a comment: