New Builder Hints

[Dave Hertner]

Never think that your hand and eyes have the precision of a micro-stop countersink tool. They don't.

Don't listen to your favorite tunes when operating a foot-switch triggered c-frame dimpling machine. The beat doesn't always match the rivet hole pattern.

[ccrawford]

Here's my tip:

Don't leave your finished HS rear spar on the floor so that your sick dog can get diarrhea all over it. Ask me how I know.

[jcoloccia]

Originally Posted by ccrawford

Here's my tip:

Don't leave your finished HS rear spar on the floor so that your sick dog can get diarrhea all over it. Ask me how I know.

Coloccia's Corrolary to Crawfords law:
Leaving aircraft parts laying around on the floor will cause otherwise healthy animals to spontaneously develop diarrhea.

[thallock]

Do not use a dog to find parts dropped on the floor while building. Although an aircraft part dropped on the floor will be located by a dog much sooner than a 50 year old builder whose sight is failing, said dog will usually fail to return the part in a reasonable timeframe. When the part is returned, it is usually covered by slober, chewed, or otherwise mangled.

Tracy.

[AntiGravity]

Originally Posted by ccrawford

Don't leave your finished HS rear spar on the floor so that your sick dog can get diarrhea all over it. Ask me how I know.

Don't leave an open parachute unattended. Cats love to use them as litter trays and you'll never get the smell out!! Sometimes you'll be amazed when someone later buys said parachute despite the smell still being there 6 months, four washes and 75 jumps later!!

[jsherblon]

Any mistake can be fixed. Sometimes just by time, sometimes just by money - often both.

[jchang10]

Originally Posted by rvator9a

Never leave your 4 year old alone for more than two minutes within reach of your plastic bins full of an426-3 rivets. It's facinating to a kid how all those rivets fit into one bin instead of 6.

I had a bored 10 year old niece rearrange my toolbox FULL of all of my small tools: drill bits, sets, screws, rules, etc. ARGH! Luckily, all my parts bags are up on a 6 foot high shelf!

Jae

[mike]

Start practicing your new radio callsign early to avoid the eventual embarrassment when you refer to your shiny new hotrod as "Cessna 63MS" when calling the tower.

Mike Schipper
"Experimental 63MS" from now on
www.my9a.com

[jsherblon]

Turn the compressor off before calling in sick.

[dan]

Originally Posted by jsherblon

Turn the compressor off before calling in sick.

ROTFL. That's gotta be the best one yet!!!