Original Posted By: Seibert
Larry Harrison's "Poplar Piet" in the last BPA Newsletter has carried theart of Piet building to a new height! It says he actually built it from apoplar tree that he cut off his land..."Poplar Piet". Now this guy is "DaMan"!This has me thinking about the same idea as a way to keep the cost down. Ibelieve we have a couple trees that may actually be Spruce...or somethingfairly close. With this said, does anyone have the address for the EAA topurchase the book on alternate wood sources that I've heard mentioned?And while I'm asking, what other books would be considered as "must have"for someone just starting up?Regards,Jim W.________________________________________________________________________________
Pietenpol-List: Alternate Wood Revisited
Pietenpol-List: Alternate Wood Revisited
Original Posted By: John Greenlee
Subject: Pietenpol-List: Alternate Wood Revisited>>Larry Harrison's "Poplar Piet" in the last BPA Newsletter has carried the>art of Piet building to a new height! It says he actually built it from a>poplar tree that he cut off his land..."Poplar Piet". Now this guy is "Da>Man"!>>This has me thinking about the same idea as a way to keep the cost down. I>believe we have a couple trees that may actually be Spruce...or something>fairly close. With this said, does anyone have the address for the EAA to>purchase the book on alternate wood sources that I've heard mentioned?>>And while I'm asking, what other books would be considered as "must have">for someone just starting up?>>Regards,>>Jim W.>>________________________________________________________________________________
Subject: Pietenpol-List: Alternate Wood Revisited>>Larry Harrison's "Poplar Piet" in the last BPA Newsletter has carried the>art of Piet building to a new height! It says he actually built it from a>poplar tree that he cut off his land..."Poplar Piet". Now this guy is "Da>Man"!>>This has me thinking about the same idea as a way to keep the cost down. I>believe we have a couple trees that may actually be Spruce...or something>fairly close. With this said, does anyone have the address for the EAA to>purchase the book on alternate wood sources that I've heard mentioned?>>And while I'm asking, what other books would be considered as "must have">for someone just starting up?>>Regards,>>Jim W.>>________________________________________________________________________________
Pietenpol-List: Re: Alternate Wood Revisited
Original Posted By: UUNet
The Gospel according to John....You need the Wood book and the Welding books from EAA. Tony Bingelis'sthree or now four books on aircraft building are full of neat stuff. Also,Poly-Fibre's new manual on covering is excellent.John-----Original Message-----
The Gospel according to John....You need the Wood book and the Welding books from EAA. Tony Bingelis'sthree or now four books on aircraft building are full of neat stuff. Also,Poly-Fibre's new manual on covering is excellent.John-----Original Message-----
Pietenpol-List: Re: Alternate Wood Revisited
Original Posted By: joe czaplicki
Jim,Keep in mind that Mr Harrison's plane is not entirely poplar-he diduse spruce for the spars and fir for the longerons-mostly because hedidn't have any poplar long enough I think-he also let his lumberseason for almost two years before using it- If you are really seriousabout cutting down your own tree i would call him first- there's a lotmore to it than meets the I- and can be as expensive-unless you haveyour own sawmill....with that said I'm building my piet from locallypurchased rough cut lumber- very reasonable price and beautiful towork with-Parisps-get all the books you can- esp the Tony Bingelis set---UUNet wrote:>> > Larry Harrison's "Poplar Piet" in the last BPA Newsletter hascarried the> art of Piet building to a new height! It says he actually built itfrom a> poplar tree that he cut off his land..."Poplar Piet". Now this guyis "Da> Man"!> > This has me thinking about the same idea as a way to keep the costdown. I> believe we have a couple trees that may actually be Spruce...orsomething> fairly close. With this said, does anyone have the address for theEAA to> purchase the book on alternate wood sources that I've heard mentioned?> > And while I'm asking, what other books would be considered as "musthave"> for someone just starting up?> > Regards,> > Jim W.> > ________________________________________________________________________________
Jim,Keep in mind that Mr Harrison's plane is not entirely poplar-he diduse spruce for the spars and fir for the longerons-mostly because hedidn't have any poplar long enough I think-he also let his lumberseason for almost two years before using it- If you are really seriousabout cutting down your own tree i would call him first- there's a lotmore to it than meets the I- and can be as expensive-unless you haveyour own sawmill....with that said I'm building my piet from locallypurchased rough cut lumber- very reasonable price and beautiful towork with-Parisps-get all the books you can- esp the Tony Bingelis set---UUNet wrote:>> > Larry Harrison's "Poplar Piet" in the last BPA Newsletter hascarried the> art of Piet building to a new height! It says he actually built itfrom a> poplar tree that he cut off his land..."Poplar Piet". Now this guyis "Da> Man"!> > This has me thinking about the same idea as a way to keep the costdown. I> believe we have a couple trees that may actually be Spruce...orsomething> fairly close. With this said, does anyone have the address for theEAA to> purchase the book on alternate wood sources that I've heard mentioned?> > And while I'm asking, what other books would be considered as "musthave"> for someone just starting up?> > Regards,> > Jim W.> > ________________________________________________________________________________
Pietenpol-List: Re: Alternate Wood Revisited
Original Posted By: Seibert
Hi Jim;I'm in the early stages myself and while visiting Oshkosh a couple of weeksago I found a dandy publication at the EAA museum called "WOOD". One of theEAA how to series. It contains articles on selection and evaluation of woodas well as a great article on glue and glue selection. Well worth the$11.00/$12.00??? it costs. You can give them a call and get it mailed to youwithin a week.Joe CZion, Ill>>Larry Harrison's "Poplar Piet" in the last BPA Newsletter has carried the>art of Piet building to a new height! It says he actually built it from a>poplar tree that he cut off his land..."Poplar Piet". Now this guy is "Da>Man"!>>This has me thinking about the same idea as a way to keep the cost down. I>believe we have a couple trees that may actually be Spruce...or something>fairly close. With this said, does anyone have the address for the EAA to>purchase the book on alternate wood sources that I've heard mentioned?>>And while I'm asking, what other books would be considered as "must have">for someone just starting up?>>Regards,>>Jim W.>>________________________________________________________________________________
Hi Jim;I'm in the early stages myself and while visiting Oshkosh a couple of weeksago I found a dandy publication at the EAA museum called "WOOD". One of theEAA how to series. It contains articles on selection and evaluation of woodas well as a great article on glue and glue selection. Well worth the$11.00/$12.00??? it costs. You can give them a call and get it mailed to youwithin a week.Joe CZion, Ill>>Larry Harrison's "Poplar Piet" in the last BPA Newsletter has carried the>art of Piet building to a new height! It says he actually built it from a>poplar tree that he cut off his land..."Poplar Piet". Now this guy is "Da>Man"!>>This has me thinking about the same idea as a way to keep the cost down. I>believe we have a couple trees that may actually be Spruce...or something>fairly close. With this said, does anyone have the address for the EAA to>purchase the book on alternate wood sources that I've heard mentioned?>>And while I'm asking, what other books would be considered as "must have">for someone just starting up?>>Regards,>>Jim W.>>________________________________________________________________________________