New Builder Hints

[chinch]

Originally Posted by Grass1400

Or, don't let eight months go by without working on my project.

Or 11 years.....

[eric_marsh]

Originally Posted by Davepar

After you make two mistakes in a row, take a breather. Otherwise you're likely to make a third.

A variant on this is:

When you start to feel tired it's time to take a break.

[N223JH]

Unless I missed it, no tips yet on this thread about Miller Time. Here's what is strictly enforced here at the Southern Engineering Corporation Annex-in-the- Hills.

Drill Press, Scotchbrite Wheel: 8 hours bottle to "on" switch
All power tools, firearms: 0 beers
Hand tools: 1 beer
Broom & dustpan: 2 beers
Light switch "off", shop locked: 3+beers

Rules apply to builder, helpers, spectators.

Jim in South Texas
RV6A 223JH
RV12 N233TX

[aerhed]

#79 If your local Jehovah's witness is a pilot DO NOT show him your plane. He will fill your shop with "Watchtowers" . Of course you can use them for masking paper later.

[David Paule]

If you're going to weld something, try to choose something that doesn't lose strength when welded, like 6061-T6 does. It loses roughly about half its strength when welded.

[klovning]

1.)
If you run into a build problem (e.g. a hole in the control horn on the right elevator and the bearing bushing don't quite line up perfect) take a day or 2 to think about it.

The answer will often come to you while doing something else. (in this case an appendectomy) Adjusting the bearing rods on the right elevator 2 turns lined everything up perfectly...

2.)
Ask the forum - this commnity has pulled my bacon out of the fire before.

3.)
It's your plane do it the way you want to.

4.)
Other's may think you're crazy building a plane in your garage... ignore them

5.)
Make friends with your neighbor

[DogTrick]

Mike?s first rule of unintended consequences: SO's shoe expenditures rise in direct proportion to the number of tools you admit to buying.

RV-8 in progress

[airguy]

Originally Posted by DogTrick

Mike?s first rule of unintended consequences: SO's shoe expenditures rise in direct proportion to the number of tools you admit to buying.

RV-8 in progress

Consider yourself lucky. Mine decided we needed a pool.

[sstellarv10]

If all I have to deal with is shoes and clothes, I don't think she will exceed what I've spent so far

[Karl.Kruger]

If you decide to skip a step because you think it might be a better idea to wait until later in the build process, make a note of it, otherwise you will spend a fair amount of time wondering "well now...why didn't I put those four rivets in?"