Couple of years ago when we ordered the quick build for our 9A, it was less expensive (cheaper) to have the parts crated, and shipped across the county by a trucker of our choice.
The crating alone was $500, and I'd say at least half of that cost went into the lumber.
It seemed the best way to dispose of all that lumber was to take a day off from building the 9A, and start to dismantle all the assembled lumber by removing about a half million staples. Very few nails or screws were used in the assembly of the two crates, one for the wings, and one for the fuselage. What we salvaged were many sheets of 3/8" plywood about 46"x 96", and many good quality 2x4's approx. 46" long. Guess they must have a lot of wood in Oregon.
A lot of the plywood was used to make storage shelves up in the rafters of the big garage, and by ripping the 2x4's into 2x2's, they did all the framing for the dog house for our new Borzoi puppy (Russian Wolfhound). There is enough plywood left from the shelves to cover the 4 sides which will them be covered with siding to match our house. The floor is 1x9's salvaged from the crate that had my FWF and Finish kits.
Here's a photo of Derby (pronounced Darby)who is now 11 weeks old and my wife Sandi. He's named after our 1934 Derby Bentley.
What, you say, that's an awful big house for such a small dog??. Not really. If he's anything like our last fully grown Borzoi, if he is standing on his hind legs, and you're holding his front paws, a six footer is still looking up at him!!
He'll be almost 3 feet high at the shoulders.
Van will also be happy to know that we are building the house to aircraft standards!!
We're wondering what other builders did with all that lumber if your kit was crated...
Regards
Jack
Chief pooper scooper!!
The crating alone was $500, and I'd say at least half of that cost went into the lumber.
It seemed the best way to dispose of all that lumber was to take a day off from building the 9A, and start to dismantle all the assembled lumber by removing about a half million staples. Very few nails or screws were used in the assembly of the two crates, one for the wings, and one for the fuselage. What we salvaged were many sheets of 3/8" plywood about 46"x 96", and many good quality 2x4's approx. 46" long. Guess they must have a lot of wood in Oregon.
A lot of the plywood was used to make storage shelves up in the rafters of the big garage, and by ripping the 2x4's into 2x2's, they did all the framing for the dog house for our new Borzoi puppy (Russian Wolfhound). There is enough plywood left from the shelves to cover the 4 sides which will them be covered with siding to match our house. The floor is 1x9's salvaged from the crate that had my FWF and Finish kits.
Here's a photo of Derby (pronounced Darby)who is now 11 weeks old and my wife Sandi. He's named after our 1934 Derby Bentley.
What, you say, that's an awful big house for such a small dog??. Not really. If he's anything like our last fully grown Borzoi, if he is standing on his hind legs, and you're holding his front paws, a six footer is still looking up at him!!
He'll be almost 3 feet high at the shoulders.
Van will also be happy to know that we are building the house to aircraft standards!!
We're wondering what other builders did with all that lumber if your kit was crated...
Regards
Jack
Chief pooper scooper!!