Huge but Trivial Rant
Oh have you ever touched a recently frayed nerve
There is evil lurking at Van's somewhere, I just know it...
...you see, I am reasonably organized guy. I'm starting on the fuselage and have left most everything in bags, a la Doug. Eventually I'll get most of the rivets into clear bin boxes from Home Depot, as well as some of the nuts, washers, and nut plates...
...until last week I get tired of going to the big drawer full of bags and decide to get them all out into bin boxes or stacking bins from Harbor Frieght. A quiet bit of time out on the patio with a cigar...
...I'm cruisin' through it, at times wondering why there are 4 different bags of the same rivet, but not really worried since kit options must dictate some things. Occasionally I wonder why they'd put similar size washers in the same bag with bigger ones as it's a bit of a pain to sort...
...Commonly used stuff get a bin, less common stay in the bag and get lumped into a bin full of, for example, odd 426-3 rivets. I do put all AN3a bolts in one bin, they're easy to sort for the one I want from there, one bin gets all bolts that aren't AN3A or AN4a, etc. The gauge of your process is how much less raw material and hardware is around so there is gratification down the road...
...then I find the magic bag. SOMEONE actually decided to create a bag,
Bag 1963-2 on my RV-7 Fuselage Kit to be precise, that has the following content:
148.000 RIVET LP4-3
28.000 RIVET MSP-42
4.000 RIVET CS4-4
It was all I could do not to call Van's and ask about this.
I mean, I'd already been a bit upset at the whole LP4-3 vs. CS4-4 back in my aileron days - they're darned hard to keep apart and the difference is NOT easy to spot. But here they take a bag that is NEARLY ALL OF ONE and put just 4 OF ANOTHER into it...
...evil I say.
End of rant, I feel much better now, can you tell I needed a break
George
PS I had Gil Alexander by my garage yesterday for a Tech Counselor visit and by bribing him with lunch, he appeared to have limited the criticism and protected my delicate self-esteem
It's actually a great thing to do, I cannot be high enough to recommend him, er... something like that. I'll be having him back.
Thanks very much Gil!