Stan wrote: > What tools aside from those listed here ie how many and what type of clamps > do you recommend for the glue up?
One thing I will use a LOT on my next fuselage is a bench-mounted belt sander/disk sander. They sell these at harbor freight for a reasonable price (when on sale), and they make very quick work of truing up the ends of wooden members, changing the angles of gusset blocks, and that sort of thing. They are a lot safer than chop saws too, especially on those little gussets. Troy Petteway told me he could have built his whole fuselage with just that one tool, although I'm guessing a fine handsaw would come in handy for cutting to rough length, failing a bandsaw, which is also nice to have. I already had one when he told me this, and I do use it just about every night for something, and I'm not even building another plane yet! See http://www.harborfreight.com/4-inch-x-36-inch-belt-6-inch-disc-sander-97181.html . I have a pretty coarse belt and disk on mine, which lasts a long time and doesn't make so much fine dust in the air. The bandsaw also comes in very handy for cutting out aluminum fittings. Wood blades work pretty well for that, and last a lot longer than you would think... Mark Langford, Harvest, AL ML "at" N56ML.com www.N56ML.com
