ByronBarker Building Jig

[John G. Park]

Locally I found someone who thinks he can build reasonably one of B Barker's Fuse jigs.
I know Allen Brickhaus printed a picture in one of the mags very recently.
Don't you know...I can't fine it!
Allen said something like "with this picture someone should be able to copy Byron's jig"
Somebody please tell me quickly where it is that i have overlooked !
Thanks
John Park

[RC Storick]

http://stunthanger.com/smf/index.php?topic=35058.0

[Dick Pacini]

That is a paint stand, not a fuselage jig.  Here is a scan of Byron Barker's original fuselage jig.

The specs were:

Builds bodies 48" long-6" wide
Comes with 6 pair angles squares with 3/8" slots
Extra 4"X4" angles squares available.
$150 plus shipping and handling.

He also built wing jigs and profile fuselage alignment jigs.

[James C. Johnson]

Here is what I use... it is cheap.. I got the idea from RCM 20 yrs ago.. I use MDF for the base.. pine and hard board for the formers ... the only variation I did was to add 48" strips on the bottom of the MDF because I didn't want to have the carriage bolts supporting the touching my the glass I use on my building table... I was working on a High Rise in Seattle and they were breaking up whole double pane windows (1/4" plate) of all different sizes mine was 66" long by 18" wide... FREE.



Here is the Pdf for the article... http://www.rcmplans.com/issues/requested/content/features/pdf/r-fe-rcmjig-021972-1-1.pdf

Jim

[Allan Perret]

Here is what I use... it is cheap.. I got the idea from RCM 20 yrs ago.. I use MDF for the base.. pine and hard board for the formers ... the only variation I did was to add 48" strips on the bottom of the MDF because I didn't want to have the carriage bolts supporting the touching my the glass I use on my building table... I was working on a High Rise in Seattle and they were breaking up whole double pane windows (1/4" plate) of all different sizes mine was 66" long by 18" wide... FREE.



Here is the Pdf for the article... http://www.rcmplans.com/issues/requested/content/features/pdf/r-fe-rcmjig-021972-1-1.pdf

Jim

Nice job.  What did you use for the grid layout on the base ?

[Geoff Goodworth]

A good grid for a jig like this is a couple of self-healing cutting boards carefully cut to suit.

[Dallas Hanna]

Nice job.  What did you use for the grid layout on the base ?

Here's the grid lines via the cutting mat.  A2 size mats were used used.

HH