SEABIRD´86 | BUILDING
STEP 7
Hardware & Vents |
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P.C. Bolgers Plans for the steel stuff
are very different: "Heel fitting fabricated or cast with1/2´´pintle." Thats all to this importend part of the rudder system. I´ve thought for a long time about this hardware piece and here you see the result. |
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All components are made from stainless stell
including the rudder stock. It was my first time dealing with steel and
I was a little bit excited at the beginning of the work. Know I think that
steel is a realy beautiful stuff to work with.
Tools I had to buy are: a cheap standing up drill machine (35$), some professionel drills (~15$). A sinker for steel (8$), a diskgrinder (20$) [I hope this is the correct idiom for that tool] to cut out the pieces from steel plates, some scrapdisks for the diskgrinder (~10$), some welding elektrods for stainless steel (10$), Other tools I have had are two files, one round and one straight, safety goggles etc. All in all there were an investment of ~100$ for the tools. Another investment is the stainless stuff itself. I´ve got all my steel stuff from a professional stainless steel trader for 75$ including rudder stock. The "Ruhrgebiet" is quite near the city I live. A workemate has welded the pieces together. Oh, I`ve forgotten: three plastic cutting boards for bearings (2$). So my stainless hardware costs all in all about 200$ - realy cheap, I think |
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For the tabernacle- and
the mast plates Mr. Bolger gives detailed planes in his drawings.
I`ve scaned the drawing to the computer an printed
them out as 1:1 templates. If anybody is interessted at this PC-files,
please send a mail.
At the left picture the tabernacle-mast plates are cutted out and the screw holes are marked. To drill all these 110 screw holes a stand up drill machine is a good investment. Working time are 3 hrs to drill the screw holes. , I`ve drilled out the 1´´ holes for the tabernacle pin hole by hole with a 1/8´´ drill. after that I had filed it round very carefuly, because the pin must fit accurately through the holes. Working time 2 hrs for each hole. |
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Seabird has only two vents, but they are very big, positioned in the after cockpit seats. Here in germany I could´nt find any vents this size closeable from outside for a long time. Know I´ve found them, a special offer at woolworth (realy) . | |||
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