Return-Path: Received: from mta5.snfc21.pbi.net ([206.13.28.241]) by ns1.olsusa.com (Post.Office MTA v3.5.3 release 223 ID# 0-64832U3500L350S0V35) with ESMTP id com for ; Wed, 28 Jun 2000 19:32:15 -0400 Received: from pacbell.net ([209.79.182.64]) by mta5.snfc21.pbi.net (Sun Internet Mail Server sims.3.5.2000.01.05.12.18.p9) with ESMTP id <0FWW001511FEV7@mta5.snfc21.pbi.net> for lancair.list@olsusa.com; Wed, 28 Jun 2000 16:33:16 -0700 (PDT) Date: Wed, 28 Jun 2000 16:37:03 -0700 From: Bob Chesley Subject: Re: Cutting Table Surface & Workshop Tips To: lancair.list@olsusa.com Message-id: <395A8C1F.38C9AA2A@pacbell.net> References: <73.492a6e8.268bb6d3@aol.com> X-Mailing-List: lancair.list@olsusa.com Reply-To: lancair.list@olsusa.com Mime-Version: 1.0 <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<--->>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> << Lancair Builders' Mail List >> <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<--->>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> >> If anyone is just starting, Rob gave some very good tips on making BID strips. I particularly like keeping the "messy cutter" in a jar of methylene chloride. The outline drawn with a Sharpie is a big help and also lets you see it if plastic is left on the outside piece. A couple of additional tips: I used a bottle with a couple of inches of meth chloride to store the 1" paint brush that I used to spread the epoxy on the strips and to paint the surface with before applying the BID strips. Later, I found that the brush didn't gum up as quickly if I used acetone. It seemed to be a better solvent for the Shell epoxy system I used (the one that leaves holes in you if you get the hardener on the skin... nasty stuff). But it is flammable. Or inflammable (which is hard to explain to my foreign friends).. After trying flat and textured rollers and squeegees, I finally made a roller that Lancair described in their early literature. I don't know if it is in the new(er) manual, but it did a MUCH better job of getting the excess epoxy (and weight) out of strips. It is made out of ~3 inches of course threaded 3/8" threaded rod (a bolt could be cut) and "dimples" put in each end. A heavy wire (like a coat hanger) is bent so that pointed ends of the wire goes into the dimples and is bent around to make a 6" handle. The two parallel wires making the handle have safety wire wrapped around them to hold the pointed ends into the dimples. xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx ------xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx------ ! xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx ! ! ! ------------- -------------- ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! wire wrapping here ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! !____! I made my clear plastic "covers" from paint store drop plastics cut into long 4" wide strips which were tacked to the wall and cut off, as needed. I think I used a 3 mil thickness. When it gets too thick, when you remove the top layer, it lifts up the BID strip and tries to redistribute it, usually with success. Bob Chesley LNC2 - N4YH Ojai, CA >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> LML website: http://www.olsusa.com/Users/Mkaye/maillist.html LML Builders' Bookstore: http://www.buildersbooks.com/lancair Please send your photos and drawings to marvkaye@olsusa.com. >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>