Brodhead Pietenpol Association

Original Posted By: steve(at)byu.edu
Pietenpol Discussion , nieuportbuilders(at)cuenet.comInteresting Idea from another RagWinger about ordering.Gordon> > I was getting real frustrated with the whole materials aquisition phaseas> > well.> > After getting several catalogs, shopping the internet, and following up> > links from this list this was my final solution. The Aircraft Spruce> > Catalog had almost all the things needed, and their prices though not> > allways the least were in the ballpark. I prepared a complete mateials> > list and sent it to both Wicks and Aircraft Spruce, both replied and> > Aircraft Spruce was the low bidder. When I called them to place the> > order, they took another 10% off and did not charge for UPS shipping,due> > to the size of the order. All in all this made them the best choice,and> > I got the whole thing wheels/brakes, tubing, steel, aluminum bar,> > covering, and bagfuls of AN hardware all at once. All made it complete> > and well packed. This raised my percent completed by 10 points!________________________________________________________________________________

Original Posted By: Gordon Brimhall
Good Idea if you can afford it. This is one of the reasons I built a pietinstead of buying a kit.Steve EldredgeIT ServicesBrigham Young University> -----Original Message-----> Gordon Brimhall> Sent: Friday, September 17, 1999 10:15 AM> To: Pietenpol Discussion> Subject: Fw: Re: Plywood questions, and more.>>> Interesting Idea from another RagWinger about ordering.> Gordon>>> > > I was getting real frustrated with the whole materials> aquisition phase> as> > > well.> > > After getting several catalogs, shopping the internet,> and following up> > > links from this list this was my final solution. The> Aircraft Spruce> > > Catalog had almost all the things needed, and their> prices though not> > > allways the least were in the ballpark. I prepared a> complete mateials> > > list and sent it to both Wicks and Aircraft Spruce, both> replied and> > > Aircraft Spruce was the low bidder. When I called them> to place the> > > order, they took another 10% off and did not charge for> UPS shipping,> due> > > to the size of the order. All in all this made them the> best choice,> and> > > I got the whole thing wheels/brakes, tubing, steel, aluminum bar,> > > covering, and bagfuls of AN hardware all at once. All> made it complete> > > and well packed. This raised my percent completed by 10 points!>>________________________________________________________________________________