Author Topic: What did you do in your shop today. (Read 218608 times)

Astropuppy · « **on:** December 18, 2016, 06:11:03 PM »

Realizing I'm a total unknown in C/L circles. Let's get a thread going about the building season.
My Jamison rebuild.

Randy Cuberly · « **Reply #1 on:** December 18, 2016, 06:18:59 PM »

Very nice Fuse Jig. Looks similar to some I made many years ago.

Did you make it? Looks like nice woodwork!

Randy Cuberly

Astropuppy · « **Reply #2 on:** December 18, 2016, 06:24:23 PM »

Bought it on e-bay many years ago, can not remember whom. Love it to death, no more banana's!

Jared Hays · « **Reply #3 on:** December 18, 2016, 06:29:03 PM »

worked on 3 R/C models $:-\$

James Holford · « **Reply #4 on:** December 18, 2016, 06:34:22 PM »

Shaped and sanded the LE to my Brodak Firecat!

wwwarbird · « **Reply #5 on:** December 18, 2016, 06:39:48 PM »

I walked past my Don Hutchinson P-38 project, twice.

Mike Griffin · « **Reply #6 on:** December 18, 2016, 07:20:22 PM »

Mounted fuel tank and engine on my new Primary Force and the mailman brought me my recently purchased Jetco Shark 15 kit so I opened it up. looked over the parts and put it all back in the box.

Mike

Mark Scarborough · « **Reply #7 on:** December 18, 2016, 07:37:43 PM »

spent my weekend helping grandkids do crafts for christmas, oh and helped the daughter with her christmas craft project ( that one actually took place in the shop so it count).. and Astropuppy, you many not be known by many on here, but at least one of us knows of you,, dont worry I wont spill your secrets, I promise,, muah hahaha,,

Astropuppy · « **Reply #8 on:** December 18, 2016, 07:46:20 PM »

Quote from: Mark Scarborough on December 18, 2016, 07:37:43 PM

and Astropuppy, you many not be known by many on here, but at least one of us knows of you,, dont worry I wont spill your secrets, I promise,, muah hahaha,,

Thank you Mark<wink> It's hard re-learning more about c/l then I knew as a kid!

I like building and talking about building keeps me going!

Mark Scarborough · « **Reply #9 on:** December 18, 2016, 08:14:43 PM »

Quote from: Astropuppy on December 18, 2016, 07:46:20 PM

Thank you Mark<wink> It's hard re-learning more about c/l then I knew as a kid!

I like building and talking about building keeps me going!

I am right there with you, ,not having anyone around here locally doing any building, I take to Stunthanger or the Alberta control line page on facebook to get fired up.
Unfortunatly my great plans for the weekend, having three days to build, kind of got hijacked when I found out the grankids were coming over,however, that is fine, I spent several hours looking through my magazines with the two grandsons, one is two and a half, the other three and a half, they must feed of my aviation love because they are really interested in Poppas airplanes. Might help that they are spread throughout the whole house,,

Chancey Chorney · « **Reply #10 on:** December 18, 2016, 08:30:28 PM »

Today, absolutely nothing!

Motorman · « **Reply #11 on:** December 18, 2016, 08:41:46 PM »

You had to ask that today. Realized I glued my elevator horn in backwards so spent my time twisting it out and re-gluing it.

MM

Shug Emery · « **Reply #12 on:** December 18, 2016, 09:07:52 PM »

Stared at the box from RSM...the Pentastar I hope to start building in February of 2017.
Shug

Carl Cisneros · « **Reply #13 on:** December 18, 2016, 09:35:53 PM »

Assembled the new snow blower the Mrs. got me for Christmas.............. ( I build in the garage)

Pat Chewning · « **Reply #14 on:** December 18, 2016, 10:09:06 PM »

Skiing for the 7th time this season. I'm embarking on the "Oregon Ski Safari" : Every Area, Every Lift, Every Run (in Oregon). To celebrate my 60th year of life, 50th year of skiing, and retirement.

So I waxed my skis in the shop.

Steve Helmick · « **Reply #15 on:** December 18, 2016, 10:58:51 PM »

Quote from: Pat Chewning on December 18, 2016, 10:09:06 PM

To celebrate my 60th year of life, 50th year of skiing, and retirement.

NO WAY would I ever have guessed 60. But welcome to retirement! Congratulations!!!!

Steve

Edit: I looked through my official ex-Boeing drawing file drawers multiple times, looking for a letter that I hoped to find, but didn't. But I found some "Don's" 1.5" and 2" speed/racing wheels and thought Russell might want them. I went over to the roll-away to get a pair of dial calipers to measure the wheels, and spotted a couple of NIP MACS Mufflers hanging on a peg over the engine working bench and took them along with the calipers, and put them in the drawer with some of their kind. I put the wheels with the engine that Russell says he's going to get this next week or week after. That was enough, phew! Had a nice chat with Jeff Rein about our mutual back troubles. I wasn't in the shop at the time, but sue me!

Gordon Van Tighem · « **Reply #16 on:** December 19, 2016, 01:27:05 AM »

Started the fuselage for a Veco Mustang.

Bob Reeves · « **Reply #17 on:** December 19, 2016, 03:45:24 AM »

Taking a break from balsa and working on metal. Have a Massey Ferguson 62 three bottom plow and a John Deere 247 two row corn planter in my shop getting resurrected for use next spring to hopefully plant an acre of sunflowers at the back of my property. Why... I have no idea other than it's just something I want to do.

The idea started with an acre of corn for the critters and birds then discovered corn would be more work that I am willing to invest so switched to sunflowers. The plow and planter came off Craigslist for good prices but both needed quite a bit of work before they could actually be functional. The plow is now ready to go with new coulters and one new point, just waiting for a 60 deg day to fire up the tractor and get it out of the shop. The planter needs quite a bit more work before it's ready for prime time. New bearings, lots of de-rusting and general clean up.

Well you did ask what I was doing in my shop

Air Ministry . · « **Reply #18 on:** December 19, 2016, 03:50:33 AM »

Now youll need a press , and you can substitute Sunflower Oil for Castor Oil .

If that dosnt work out , you can plant grapes , if the press is compatable ,

And we'll all be round for a Glass or Your Wine .

Fred Quedenfeld jr · « **Reply #19 on:** December 19, 2016, 04:43:16 AM »

Droooling over the Shark 560 FB that usps delivered
Started to clean off the table
Can now see the top
continued glueing the 402 I started a couple years ago
Fred Q

Dave_Trible · « **Reply #20 on:** December 19, 2016, 07:24:04 AM »

I got the Merco .35 loaded into the new Ruffy, then began whacking out parts for a new take-apart F2B ship.

Dave

Dave_Trible · « **Reply #21 on:** December 19, 2016, 07:24:50 AM »

Ara Dedekian · « **Reply #22 on:** December 19, 2016, 07:40:17 AM »

   1. Wired a 220 volt electric baseboard heater I got from a nearby home renovation, complete with dead mouse. I'll gladly pay the cost of having the luxury of a heated shop.
   It's 11 degrees outside!

   2. Stripped the silkspan off a Scorpion fast combat ship and contemplating the silk covering job that the design calls for.

   Ara

fred cesquim · « **Reply #23 on:** December 19, 2016, 08:31:16 AM »

finisehd sanding the All American SR and doped the fuselagem of the Starduster

Don Jenkins · « **Reply #24 on:** December 19, 2016, 09:02:41 AM »

Did a little more shaping and sanding on the cowl of my .60 sized stunter.

Don

Allen Eshleman · « **Reply #25 on:** December 19, 2016, 09:26:44 AM »

I glued the wing of my Shark 402 back together. Still needs a lot more work.

To my shame, I pancaked it on purpose because my feet got tangled in my stooge line. Third time.

Some people are very slow learners.

Allen Eshleman · « **Reply #26 on:** December 19, 2016, 09:40:41 AM »

I want to give a clarification about getting tangled in the stooge line. Two times - I landed successfully when the fuel was all gone. I was very close this time but didn't know it.

I am going to take all precautions that his doesn't happen again. I wasn't comfortable just doing figure 8's.

I have though of trying to stamp off my shoes the the string will slip off. OK - Never again!!!

john e. holliday · « **Reply #27 on:** December 19, 2016, 10:02:08 AM »

You are supposed to step back when you trip the stooge line. The cord on mine is elastic enough that it bounces away from me when I drop the stooge handle. Church was canceled because of the snow storm and the temps were below zero F degrees. So I played on the computer , watched a few Christmas movies, drove the wifes car to pick up granddaughters and thinking about how to get the Suburban home after it quit on the granddaughter that thinks she know every thing about cars. Guess I will get AAA to bring it home for me as it won't start with a dead battery. But, today hope to finish covering a project that I'm working on while I contemplate how to do the window details on the B-25. May wait until a warm day and put the clear to it and just fly it.

Randy Cuberly · « **Reply #28 on:** December 19, 2016, 10:40:47 AM »

Quote from: Astropuppy on December 18, 2016, 06:24:23 PM

Bought it on e-bay many years ago, can not remember whom. Love it to death, no more banana's!

Yeah, makes everything easier and "straighter"!

Mine:

Avaiojet · « **Reply #29 on:** December 19, 2016, 12:21:41 PM »

Quote

What did you do in your shop today?

Astropuppy,

Welcome and a what great Thread!

Let's see,

I fine tuned the vertical stab on the Gee Bee R-3.

Put a coat, 2 actually, of Deft Wood Sealer on the Gee Bee R-3's vertical stab.

Cut a couple of strips of silk for the Gee Bee R-3's wing TE.

The TE is 13/16 in height/thickness.

I applied the silk strips with dope.

Here's how they look right now.

Charles

Gerald Arana · « **Reply #30 on:** December 19, 2016, 12:51:48 PM »

Quote from: Allen Eshleman on December 19, 2016, 09:26:44 AM

I glued the wing of my Shark 402 back together. Still needs a lot more work.

To my shame, I pancaked it on purpose because my feet got tangled in my stooge line. Third time.

Some people are very slow learners.

Aww..... that's a shame. Same thing happened to me before a GS in Fresno a few years back.

I'm not that quick of a thinker but I did manage to figure out that going inverted for a few laps would unwrap it. Worked like a charm.

Trouble is I crashed it in a later flight doing outside rounds......... Oh well, I guess you never get over "crashing" !

Jerry

RK · « **Reply #31 on:** December 19, 2016, 01:59:55 PM »

Today I worked on the wing of my 1/2 A Pinto BUT tomorrow I want to make a fuselage jig like Astropuppy's & Randy's. Can you give me some details on the construction? What size & how far apart are the former's? What size are the nuts & bolts?
Any other tips before I start. I usually build 1/2A to 15 size plane's.

Thanks, Richard K.

Mark Scarborough · « **Reply #32 on:** December 19, 2016, 02:04:32 PM »

Quote from: Avaiojet on December 19, 2016, 12:21:41 PM

Astropuppy,

Welcome and a what great Thread!

Let's see,

I fine tuned the vertical stab on the Gee Bee R-3.

Put a coat, 2 actually, of Deft Wood Sealer on the Gee Bee R-3's vertical stab.

Cut a couple of strips of silk for the Gee Bee R-3's wing TE.

The TE is 13/16 in height/thickness.

I applied the silk strips with dope.

Here's how they look right now.

Charles

you may want to finish oputting cap strips o the rib before you go much farther there charls

Fredvon4 · « **Reply #33 on:** December 19, 2016, 02:24:52 PM »

Yesterday and Today///// Humm

Not so much

Mostly pontificating on the various forums
was 83F, now 23F

Nice low humidity BUT not prepared to exploit with a lot of needed dope application on several models

Did manage to set two engines to profile fuselages with metal engine bearers over the Maple

sure do wish I had a much better way to perfectly align holes.... precisely

Getting to the point where I am seriously considering sending engines and aluminum 1 to 3 degree mounts to others to make the precise mounting holes

My drill press is OK but has way too much run out to do the job I prefer ....

I guess I am too lazy and cheap to do the research and find the better spindle, chuck---to make this small form Skil drill press drill a properly centered hole

Of course I guess the real problem may NOT be the drill press but the very cheap drills I bought...
Numbered from 60
Lettered
and Inches up to 1/2"

a hell of a lot of drills for maybe $50 IIRC

All have visual wobble in the chuck.... I truly suspect the spindle, as I refuse to believe every drill bit is bent....

david beazley · « **Reply #34 on:** December 19, 2016, 02:34:01 PM »

Worked on a couple A-6 indoor rubber planes.

Don Main · « **Reply #35 on:** December 19, 2016, 03:26:47 PM »

Covered the wing on my Pat King Typhoon and the elevator, will set wheels on it tonight.

Ara Dedekian · « **Reply #36 on:** December 19, 2016, 04:07:39 PM »

Quote from: Fredvon4 on December 19, 2016, 02:24:52 PM

Yesterday and Today///// Humm

Did manage to set two engines to profile fuselages with metal engine bearers over the Maple

sure do wish I had a much better way to perfectly align holes.... precisely

Fred

The black cloud of modeling over my head, drilling accurate mounting holes, is forever gone since I bought some 6" drills from McMaster-Carr. They tower over the engines so you can drill the first hole using the engine as a fixture, put a screw in place, drill the opposing hole through the lug hole, put a screw in place, etc.. Runout from the chuck won't be an issue. One drill is .112" and the other is.135" for clearance holes for 4/40 and 6/32 screws.

So I won't be accused of hijacking this thread, I had to wash the mouse pee off the heating elements of the shop heater refered to in Reply #22.

Ara

EddyR · « **Reply #37 on:** December 19, 2016, 06:27:20 PM »

Building some new ST46 motors from parts stash. Taking some apart for cleaning. Also building a Custom ST47?

EddyR

Skip Chernoff · « **Reply #38 on:** December 19, 2016, 08:06:15 PM »

Today I spent the afternoon sanding the flaps to my restored Ares. I used the method of employing a 1/4" rod up against the leading edges of the flaps and a 1/16" rod up against the trailing edges. I sanded with 60 grit paper on an 8" block. When finished one side, I flipped the flap over and repeated the sanding process. I ended up with beautifully air foiled shaped flaps that only required a finish sanding with 320 paper.The trailing edge was 1/16 thick ,leading edge was 1/4". Special thanks to Steve Dinerman of the Philly Fliers who taught me this technique.PhillySkip

Allan Perret · « **Reply #39 on:** December 19, 2016, 08:16:48 PM »

Quote from: Ara Dedekian on December 19, 2016, 04:07:39 PM

Fred

The black cloud of modeling over my head, drilling accurate mounting holes, is forever gone since I bought some 6" drills from McMaster-Carr. They tower over the engines so you can drill the first hole using the engine as a fixture, put a screw in place, drill the opposing hole through the lug hole, put a screw in place, etc.. Runout from the chuck won't be an issue. One drill is .112" and the other is.135" for clearance holes for 4/40 and 6/32 screws.

So I won't be accused of hijacking this thread, I had to wash the mouse pee off the heating elements of the shop heater refered to in Reply #22.

Ara

I got a set of the 6" bits from 1/16 to 1/4 about 5 years ago. Best investment ever.

Allan Perret · « **Reply #40 on:** December 19, 2016, 08:21:42 PM »

Quote from: Don Jenkins on December 19, 2016, 09:02:41 AM

Did a little more shaping and sanding on the cowl of my .60 sized stunter.

Looking good there Don. What power you hiding in that cowl. Muffler looks like a Stalker or K77 ? Whats the design ?

Allan Perret · « **Reply #41 on:** December 19, 2016, 08:33:14 PM »

In my shop today I turned on the heat.
Then framed up the wing for my 2nd 1/2A Pathfinder. The first one has a Norvell .061 and flys great on 45' lines, corners like a combat ship. This 2nd one will have the Norvell.074, hoping to go out to 52' lines..

Astropuppy · « **Reply #42 on:** December 19, 2016, 08:37:45 PM »

Spent my shop time shovelling snow tonight.

Here's pics of a jig station.

Allan Perret · « **Reply #43 on:** December 19, 2016, 08:38:50 PM »

Quote from: Fredvon4 on December 19, 2016, 02:24:52 PM

Did manage to set two engines to profile fuselages with metal engine bearers over the Maple

sure do wish I had a much better way to perfectly align holes.... precisely

Get this tool http://www.greatplanes.com/accys/gpmr8130.html

Astropuppy · « **Reply #44 on:** December 19, 2016, 08:40:04 PM »

More jig pics

Astropuppy · « **Reply #45 on:** December 19, 2016, 08:44:10 PM »

One More

Howard Rush · « **Reply #46 on:** December 19, 2016, 09:01:51 PM »

Replaced my shop today with a new shop. Now to move the stuff.

Randy Cuberly · « **Reply #47 on:** December 19, 2016, 09:32:50 PM »

Quote from: Motorman on December 18, 2016, 08:41:46 PM

You had to ask that today. Realized I glued my elevator horn in backwards so spent my time twisting it out and re-gluing it.

MM

Hey if you really wanted to do that, I have a really nice Tom Morris one that I bent in the wrong direction, I would've sent it to you!

Actually I keep it on the wall near my workbench to remind me how stupid it's possible to be at 3 AM!

Randy Cuberly

tom creasey · « **Reply #48 on:** December 19, 2016, 09:39:17 PM »

trying to get my RSM P-40 wing ready for covering.
Installed weight box and cleaned shop

Mark Scarborough · « **Reply #49 on:** December 19, 2016, 10:02:04 PM »

Quote from: Howard Rush on December 19, 2016, 09:01:51 PM

Replaced my shop today with a new shop. Now to move the stuff.

Howard be very very carefull of that moving process, it ery disruptive,, see my post about todays accomplishments for reference,, ( and I only moved my shop 30 feet through two doorways)