Raffaele,When I built my wing ribs, I to... stapled them down,then to make them easier to pull out, i slipped a shim of .025 by 1/4" steel under the stapler. That way, the staples were around .025 high. Then I slipped a fillet knife under the staples to pull them back out.Lastly, when the time to nail came, I did pilot drill all nail holes with a #65 drill bit to about 1/2 nail depth, then drove # 20 or #18 nails, I dont remember which. OCB>From steve(at)byu.edu Sat Dec 12 08:34:21 1998>Received: from adena.byu.edu ("port 3642"@adena.byu.edu)> by EMAIL1.BYU.EDU (PMDF V5.1-10 #U3118)> with ESMTP id for oilcanbob(at)hotmail.com;>Date: Sat, 12 Dec 1998 11:36:53 -0500>From: Raffaele Bellissimo >Subject: Re: Ordered my plans, going to build ribs>Sender: Maiser(at)adena.byu.edu>To: Pietenpol Discussion >Errors-to: Steve(at)byu.edu>Reply-to: Pietenpol Discussion >Message-id: >MIME-version: 1.0>X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 4.72.3155.0 (via Mercury MTS v1.43 (NDS))> (via Mercury MTS v1.43 (NDS))>Comments: Originally To: "Pietenpol Discussion" >X-Listname: >>Dave, You muust have heard by now that Bernie made his cuts to the center of>the blade. Therefore, the dim. would be 1/16th smaller than it says in the>plans. You should too. The weight you save will a lot overall. It will make>you happier and allow you to carry more usuable weight.>Regards,>>Domenic>-----Original Message----->From: Dave and Connie >To: Pietenpol Discussion >Date: Saturday, December 12, 1998 8:54 AM>Subject: Ordered my plans, going to build ribs>>>>The check went off to Don Pietenpol yesterday. Now I have to>>start ordering materials. The first order will be for rib>>material only. That should carry me to summer at least. This>>is not going to be the fastest building job
.>>>>Richard DeCosta suggests 564' of 1/4 x 1/2 in 6' lengths. Does>>this fit in with other people's experiences?>>>>I think that all I will need for ribs are the 1/4 x 1/2, a quart>>of T-88, and about 1 and 1/2 sheets of 1/16 ply. The gussets>>will be stapled in place with 1/4" staples that I will pull out>>when the epoxy cures. I got good at removing staples by building>>a cedar strip canoe. Richard lists a few other sticks that I>>don't think are needed until later. Are these the correct>>materials to build a set of ribs?>>>>Aircraft Spruce and Specialty vs. Wicks or who whould I order my>>wood from? I am still looking for a local Douglas Fir supplier>>but am not having any luck. Since I will have to order wood I>>may as well go with Sitka Spruce. I can resaw on a table saw if>>needed. A local source in NY State, northeast Ohio or southern>>Ontario would really help. Any suggestions?>>>>Dave Matthews>>Retsof, NY>>>>>>________________________________________________________________________________