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Curtis -

Welcome to the club!  Yes, it is a huge undertaking, but if you look at it as
a series of little tasks, each with it's own sense of accomplishment when
complete, it will not seem so daunting.

Do yourself a favor.  After you inventory all the little nuts and bolts and
washers and screws and call Lancair about the missing parts (I'll be surprised
if there's much missing -- they do a good job), go out to K-Mart or the
equivalent and buy several of those little plastic parts drawer bins.  (The
ones with 30 or 40 little drawers -- all plastic).

Pull the labels off the plastic bags, stick them on the drawers, and dump the
parts inside.  Forevermore, whenever you need an AN3-dash-whatever, you can
immediately yank it out of the drawer instead of spending lots of time looking
for it.

Get one with some larger drawers for bigger parts, like big bags of threaded
rod ends or tubes of RTV.  Fill one up with sharpie markers (big and small)
and pencils.

Set up your shop so that it's bright, warm and comfortable.  Get a light from
the hardware store that clamps on with a big spring clamp.  It will be the
most used tool you have.  Get a tool chest for small hand tools, and put
everything away when you're done for the day.  Cover every flat surface on
your airplane with rubber drawer protectors from the grocery store, because
you'll be laying sharp tools on every flat spot that's handy.  Set up a
stereo.  Finally, get a shop vac (I use my standard home vacuum) leave it
plugged in, and use it whenever you make some mess.  (Fifteen seconds every
half hour and your shop stays spotless)

And have fun!

- Rob Wolf
rwolf99@aol.com