Pietenpol-List: Re: Cabane fitting weld

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Original Posted By: Jim Ash
John,You really don't want to be welding adjacent to your spar.Why don't you build a jig? Use some scrap wood and duplicate the geometry of thespar/triangular plywood. Place the metal parts in the jig, tack weld, and removefor final welding. Things may still move slightly during the welding process,but not much. As long as it is pretty close, you can adjust (fine tune) thewelded assembly with a hammer. Ideally, the triangular plywood should be fittedto suit the welded brackets, but it sounds like you've already glued themin place. As long as you make your jig as close to the real thing as possible,it should work fine.Bill C.Read this topic online here:http://forums.matronics.com/viewtopic.p ... ______Date: Sat, 21 Jan 2012 16:28:29 -0500 (GMT-05:00)

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Original Posted By: "Bill Church"
I agree with Bill. That is exactly how I did it. The welding pretty much made a mess of the jig but I was going to discard it anyway. Chuck----- Original Message -----