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  1. ShawnR

    before the chips fly

    That looks like it would be a PITA to center. I have not done a lot with a 4 jaw but have progressed a bit with it. Not afraid of it anymore. I think a ways back, I would have referenced off of each edge of the square base. But my first impression looking at your set up, I wonder if this would...
  2. ShawnR

    Shop Things to have in your dream shop!

    @Janger I have been lucky enough to see @Darren 's Shop. It is a beauty! I would seldom go inside the house.
  3. ShawnR

    Shop Things to have in your dream shop!

    Central vac. Similar idea to a wood shop but maybe chip catchers at your metal machines. Dragging a shop vac through the chaos that seems to occur when I get a project going is a PITA. Would be nice just to have a hose to deal with at the equipment but I don't think the metal chips will flow...
  4. ShawnR

    What do we do with our metal working tools

    Great posts Dan, and others. Good to know (and the reason I am here) is that I am in good company. This comment stood out.....kind of my Standard Operating Procedure too In my career, I attended more than one structural fire at night in which the homeowner was grinding, welding, doing...
  5. ShawnR

    Product Aircraft hardware

    mmmmm.....working on an aircraft this winter. Don't know what I will need but could speculate that a lot of it. Will PM you
  6. ShawnR

    Hangar door suggestions

    It can be used in general aviation, but that would imply an instrument rated aircraft, anti icing equipment, etc. Sometimes, if the day is clear, just to get the morning frost off but it is messy. Not fun. I fly for fun. I had wing covers for all of my other aircraft so just take them off and go...
  7. ShawnR

    Hangar door suggestions

    Depends on the application. Most of an RV is solid riveted. There are kits that use 2 piece or pulled rivets but usually an aircraft quality one. There are some pulled rivets on an RV but used where something might have to come off ie a fiberglass wing tip. Or where it is not possible to get a...
  8. ShawnR

    Hangar door suggestions

    lol.... It is a 2 seater, tandem aka front and back seating, like a Piper cub aircraft Certification is a pilot's license. Nothing special about the plane. Any single engine private or rec license will suffice. Not ultralight though. Range depends on winds. ie at no wind conditions, landing...
  9. ShawnR

    Hangar door suggestions

    lol..yes...a slipper actually. Came with the plane. Something to block the air intake from critters nesting, but it has been such a conversation starter, I might just keep it. Remove before flight. ;)
  10. ShawnR

    Hangar door suggestions

    As for the hangar, I have a had a couple of days from the house reno to work on the hangar. Both sides had rotten rail ties supporting the walls and the East wall even had a rotten bottom plate. That side was fixed up yesterday. It is interesting to lift and brace (apparently, when one jacks a...
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