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Pietenpol-List: 3 Piets wrecked in S&F tornado

Posted: Fri Apr 28, 2017 9:36 pm
by matronics
Original Posted By: Matt Naiva
>>>> To: >>>> Subject: Pietenpol-List: S2S, S4S, or what?>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Well, my plans are on order, I am pricing wood (a painful endeavor), and >>>> I>>>> have come up with a question. I live in the South, so it is not very >>>> easy>>>> to purchase wood here locally (unless you want to build your airplane >>>> with>>>> pine. Not happenin'). So, trying to be the scrounger and cost conscious>>>> builder, I am wondering the following->>>>>>>> 1. I am going to do the wing ribs first. A common place to start. Is it>>>> necessary to use S4S, can you get by with S2S, or can I purchase lumber>>>> and cut it to size myself? I am guessing the answer is that I need (at a>>>> minimum) S2S, otherwise I need to take rougher lumber and either plane >>>> it>>>> myself, or have someone do it for me so that the strips are all the same>>>> thickness.>>>>>>>> 2. Is there a reason for the capstrips to be finished on all four sides,>>>> or can I cut them on my table saw the correct width, then lightly sand>>>> them prior to varnishing them?>>>>>>>> My preference would be to ship larger pieces of spruce or fir, and then>>>> plane and cut them myself. If you are telling me I absolutely need S4S >>>> or>>>> S2S then that is what I will do.>>>>>>>> Thanks in advance for the advice. Probably it is a silly question, but I>>>> want to do things right. We used to say in the Marine Corps, "There is >>>> no>>>> such thing as a dumb question, although, there are some that come>>>> extremely close." This may be on of those close questions.>>>>>>>> -------->>>> Semper Fi,>>>>>>>> Terry>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Read this topic online here:>>>>>>>> http://forums.matronics.com/viewtopic.p ... 566#335566>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> >>________________________________________________________________________________Date: Thu, 31 Mar 2011 18:24:27 -0500Subject: Pietenpol-List: 3 Piets wrecked in S&F tornado