REFLECTOR: Recommended Tools for Building a Composite Aircraft

Alex Balic velocity_pilot at verizon.net
Fri Mar 14 10:11:42 CDT 2008


I am pretty sure that they are 18tpi. But I know that they come in coarse
and fine- get the coarse ones- the glass does dull them, so get a good
supply and change them when they don't feel sharp- you can also look at the
teeth and see that they are no longer sharp.

 

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From: reflector-bounces at tvbf.org [mailto:reflector-bounces at tvbf.org] On
Behalf Of Brooke Wolf
Sent: Friday, March 14, 2008 2:41 AM
To: Velocity Aircraft Owners and Builders list
Subject: Re: REFLECTOR: Recommended Tools for Building a Composite Aircraft

 

What kind of saw blades are you guys using in your body saws?  How many
teeth per inch? Carbon blades?  Mine seems to take forever to cut.  I think
I may have too fine of a blade.

 

Brooke

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From: Jack Prock <mailto:jackprock at comcast.net>  

To: Velocity Aircraft <mailto:reflector at tvbf.org>  Owners and Builders list 

Sent: Friday, March 14, 2008 3:48 AM

Subject: Re: REFLECTOR: Recommended Tools for Building a Composite Aircraft

 

I agree with Alex with one minor variation. I could never get the hang of
using the body saw doing fine cuts. So I started using a dremel with a
cutting wheel.

After I burned out two dremel tools, I hit on using a Rotozip (more power)
and attaching a two foot flexible extension. This keeps the dust away from
the motor. 

I also Highly recommend the perma-grit cutting disks instead of the brown
disks that come with the Dremel, those are crap and break way too often. I
bought one 

set of perma-grit disks when I bought my kit, and 20 months later, they are
still in great shape. I prefer using these for fine line cuts.The body saw
is great, but I use it for

rough cuts when precision is not needed. Everything else Alex says is pretty
much exactly what I use as well.

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From: Alex <mailto:velocity_pilot at verizon.net>  Balic 

To: 'Velocity Aircraft <mailto:reflector at tvbf.org>  Owners and Builders
list' 

Sent: Thursday, March 13, 2008 7:22 PM

Subject: Re: REFLECTOR: Recommended Tools for Building a Composite Aircraft

 

Basics would include a big air compressor to drive a 90 degree die grinder
with 2.5 and 3" abrasive disk pad- my personal  favorite the air body saw,
in line sander, DA sander- assortment of files, sanding blocks, lots of
gloves and disposable brushes. Sharp scissors for the glass, epoxy pump,
drill press, vice, air drill, close quarter electric drill, assortment of
drill bits- a hole saw set- tubing bender, tube cutter,  roto flaring tool,
precision level / laser level with line generator head- 24" stainless steel
ruler, utility knife, dremel tool, sanding drum that will fit the electric
drill- that should get you going- I am sure some folks can chime in- but the
most used tools in my shop are the 90 degree grinder with fast loc disks -50
grit usually- and the air body saw- that thing cuts glass like butter and
with practice you can have some amazing control for all sorts of cuts- good
for cutting just about anything. You will also want to invest in a decent
wet dry vac to keep the annoying scratch dust to a minimum- you will be
tempted to blow it off with compressed air, but that just makes things worse
unless you are outside on a windy day- get some decent dust masks too while
you are at it you will be going through a lot of them too especially if you
are doing your own wings.

 


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From: reflector-bounces at tvbf.org [mailto:reflector-bounces at tvbf.org] On
Behalf Of Tom Tolton
Sent: Thursday, March 13, 2008 7:27 PM
To: reflector at tvbf.org
Subject: REFLECTOR: Recommended Tools for Building a Composite Aircraft

 

I am new to this kit building game.  I purchased a two car garage with an
attached house. It is now heated, insulated, and has good two-part epoxy
paint on the floor.  My question is this:  What tools would you seasoned
builders recommend for building a XLFG Velocity? 

  

 

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