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Old 10-02-2012, 09:48 AM
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Best would be a house with an unfinished walkout basement with a garage door or minimum french doors as well as a detached two car garage. Unfinished basement to build in. Garage to do things like spray primer as needed and escape when occupants complain about riveting noise.....
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Old 10-02-2012, 10:00 AM
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Wes,

Many build the EAA 1000 workbench. I have two that I added wheels to and they've been just right for a two car garage.

http://www.eaa1000.av.org/technicl/w...l/worktabl.htm
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Old 10-02-2012, 10:02 AM
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A couple of ideas to consider for your workbench/s

Put them on wheels.

As was mentioned already, one bench for fab work, and another for assembly is a good idea, if you can swing it.

EAA benches have been a commonly used design----search the forums for them.

Make the benches do double duty if you can----a lower shelf is a must. A band saw, and a disc/belt sander, and a drill press can all fit on a single bench, with room to spare if you locate them correctly-----and with wheels on the bench, you can orentate things to reach whichever tool you need at the moment.

Another thing is a good air supply-----Bigger is better as far as compressors go, and go with a two stage, oiled unit. I would suggest 60gal tank as a minimum, 5 hp 220v. Yes, it can be done with a lesser unit, and many folks have done so-----but go with the bigger unit if you can.

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Old 10-02-2012, 05:35 PM
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Default Captain AvGas hit important points ...

...regarding the four "zones" that accomodate airplane building. I had the same four. My worktable/assembly table was of my own design (I called it the BAW (big-a** worktable) and it was crucial throughout my entire build. Mine was 3 1/2 ft x 7 1/2 feet so I could slide it back into my adjoining shop area and still access my workbench. It was on locking casters, had a lower shelf, and 100V outlets on both sides. I'd never attempt to build a plane w/o a similar critter of some kind. The bottom shelf, by sheer luck, exactly accomodated the big flat box that the tail kit came in. Some times it's better to be lucky than smart.
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Old 10-03-2012, 03:26 AM
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Bob B., as a follow-up to the two work bench suggestion, what are the deminsions of yours?

-Wes
Wes, here's a photo. My workbench (you can just see a corner of it) is 5.8 x 2.7 ft. Note that I have 2 rows of shelving above the bench.

My assembly table (in the foreground) is 10.0 x 2.6 ft and has a sunken recess in the middle for a sliding C-throat dimpler. The dimpler is removed when I require clear space.

I made these benches from standard metal industrial shelving components and cut the MDF tops to fit. It is relevant that I have an overhang on all of my benches to allow me to readily clamp items to the benchtop (a big plus).

These are very solid and robust benches. I find that to be a substantial advantage because they do not move when I apply load to them. One of the keys to good riveting is to make sure that the object being riveted cannot move about. When I clamp aircraft parts to my work benches they stay rock solid. On the other hand the benches are very quick to disassemble if need be, because they are modular and fully bolted together (no nails at all).

I run my workbenches parallel to each other and work in the galley in between most of the time. That's where I'm standing in the photo.

Hope this provides some food for thought.


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Old 10-03-2012, 01:22 PM
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Default 2 cars garage

That's mine, I did everything here except the large parts painting process

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Old 10-03-2012, 02:39 PM
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Walkout basement....when house shopping I wouldn't even look at any houses without it. What a great place to build, winter or summer...
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Old 10-03-2012, 04:26 PM
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Walkout basement....when house shopping I wouldn't even look at any houses without it. What a great place to build, winter or summer...
Definitely would have been my first choice, but despite lots of looking, I never found anything like what I wanted, so two-car garage it was. Plenty of room so far, probably because I'm still on the tail.
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Old 10-03-2012, 08:18 PM
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Walkout basement....when house shopping I wouldn't even look at any houses without it. What a great place to build, winter or summer...
So I'm struggling at the moment between that unfinished walkout or the garage. I'm fortunate enough to have French doors in a corner of the basement (standard height doors) but my concern is being able to get the fuselage out after it's completed. Is this likely to be an issue? (Or to put it another way, am I going to have to tell my wife at some point "yes honey, I can do the brickwork above the door now that I need to remove it")
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