I don?t personally know of a single RV builder who hasn?t, at least once, been completely stumped or skunked in the shop. I?m talking about one of those days when you have the time, head out to the shop, and end up accomplishing nothing ? or futz around for 20-30 minutes and then call it quits. There?s stuff to do, you just can?t get motivated, or figure out how to do what it is you need to do, or?..?
I?m a builder who believes in having many parallel projects going at once so that if you can?t figure out how to route that wire, you can step over to the workbench and do an elevator tip, or bend some brake tubing, or put one more layer of goop on that cowl to try and eradicate more pinholes. That works pretty well for me, but when I don?t have an on-going ?major project? ( we haven?t really started the -3 kit sitting in the garage ? that?s a fall project start), just a list of little things on the hangar white-board, I sometimes don?t get much done.
For example - because of odd and unexpected work schedules this week, I have been messing around with new upholstery panels for Louise?s RV-6. I?ve come up with several different designs, bought a few trial materials, and today I even set course on building actual parts. Then I realized I had to drill out a couple of existing pop rivets holding a headset bracket in place that is in the way of the new parts, and I didn?t really feel like crawling upside-down into the foot wells with a drill, because that means dragging out air hose, etc. etc?..
But, after writing about it, I?ll probably realize I have another hour before I need to clean up and get ready for a busy afternoon/evening, and in that hour, I am SURE I can get those rivets out. So for me, one way to beat getting skunked is to write about it!
Anyone else? What gets you stuck? Lack of materials, lack of motivation, missing tools? Maybe we can share a few ideas of how to get ?unstuck? a few more folks can finish their airplanes!
Paul
I?m a builder who believes in having many parallel projects going at once so that if you can?t figure out how to route that wire, you can step over to the workbench and do an elevator tip, or bend some brake tubing, or put one more layer of goop on that cowl to try and eradicate more pinholes. That works pretty well for me, but when I don?t have an on-going ?major project? ( we haven?t really started the -3 kit sitting in the garage ? that?s a fall project start), just a list of little things on the hangar white-board, I sometimes don?t get much done.
For example - because of odd and unexpected work schedules this week, I have been messing around with new upholstery panels for Louise?s RV-6. I?ve come up with several different designs, bought a few trial materials, and today I even set course on building actual parts. Then I realized I had to drill out a couple of existing pop rivets holding a headset bracket in place that is in the way of the new parts, and I didn?t really feel like crawling upside-down into the foot wells with a drill, because that means dragging out air hose, etc. etc?..
But, after writing about it, I?ll probably realize I have another hour before I need to clean up and get ready for a busy afternoon/evening, and in that hour, I am SURE I can get those rivets out. So for me, one way to beat getting skunked is to write about it!
Anyone else? What gets you stuck? Lack of materials, lack of motivation, missing tools? Maybe we can share a few ideas of how to get ?unstuck? a few more folks can finish their airplanes!
Paul