Original Posted By: Gordon Brimhall
Our local home dept store has a stack of basswood molding strips 1/8" x 1" x48" for 49 cents each.Gordonoil can wrote:> Bass wood for what? Gussets? According to my wicks catalog, basswood is> sold in 1/16 thickness, so I.....ASSUME .....that it is acceptable for> gussets. From all my reading, basswood has never been mentioned as> acceptable aircraft wood for structures. Pine is acceptable however> (from my reading) but it is only 85% as strong, so must be assembled in> parts that are 15% thicker to make up the strength difference in spruce.> If you are new to the list, get the book EAA Aircraft building> techniques in wood. From EAA, or order from local bookstore . about> 20.00 . A very good refrence.>> ocb>> >From steve(at)byu.edu Thu Dec 24 07:41:23 1998> >Received: from adena.byu.edu ("port 3792"@adena.byu.edu> [128.187.22.180])> > by EMAIL1.BYU.EDU (PMDF V5.2-29 #31181)> > with ESMTP id for> oilcanbob(at)hotmail.com;> >Date: Thu, 24 Dec 1998 07:38:41 -0800 (PST)> >From: Larry Ragan > >Subject: Western A/C supply> >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: Mercury MTS v1.43 (NDS) (via Mercury MTS v1.43 (NDS))> >Comments: Originally To: "Pietenpol Discussion" > >X-Listname: > >> >Does western a/c/ have a web page? If not, do they have a no. where I> >can get a catalog?> >> >I've obtained a rib jig, and no longer can find a reason not to get> >started. What about basswood, or clear white pine? These are the> first> >of about a million questions.> >> >>________________________________________________________________________________