REFLECTOR: Methods and Tools questions

Lawrence Epstein ljepstein at hotmail.com
Tue Oct 2 16:32:50 CDT 2012


If I had to (get to ;-)) do this agin, I would dump the electric tools and go air all the way..

Larry Epstein

On Oct 2, 2012, at 4:24 PM, Clayton Chase <chasec at gmail.com> wrote:

> I'm getting closer to getting my basement ready and as a consequence
> actually being able to start on my kit.   Since I would like to
> complete the kit using the same methods I start with, I am asking the
> group for your collective wisdom.
> 
> 
> Has anybody successfully used vacuum bagging for much on the velocity?
>  I went through Brett Ferrell's archive and some web searching and
> didn't find much.   Someone is selling strake baffles that are vacuum
> bagged and some of the quickbuild wings used to be done with vacuum
> bagging techniques, but I don't see much about it on the list.    If I
> do go for a vacuum system some things that I think will be good to do
> are the main wings, and winglets and the canard.  I'm not sure that
> I'll be able to do the layups that are on existing pieces very well
> since I'll need vacuum tape and need the other surface to be airtight.
> Plus if I did a large piece I'd be concerned about deforming the
> piece I'm adding onto.
> 
> How much use would I get out of an air compressor?  All of my current
> power tools are electric/battery driven and I'd prefer to stick with
> more of those rather than have a mix of air and electric tools so the
> compressor would actually only provide air rather than tool power.
> The uses I can think of are mostly around dusting and cleaning.  I
> have an airless paint sprayer that may or may not be useful when I get
> to that stage.
> 
> I've got saws, drills, sanders, sanding blocks, levels and straight
> edges and so on.  I'm planning on getting some clecos (and tool for
> them).    Any other tools you guys think I should get before I even
> start?
> 
> Clay
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