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| Don C, Comment for image # 33273 | 23 Feb 15 13:15 |
| Thanks for the information. Never knew these existed. Used big ones for copper gas lines. I will be looking for it at my next visit. Lots smoother than mine. |
| John M Oshust, Comment for image # 33273 | 23 Feb 15 13:04 |
| Just to add some tid bits.... filling the Al tube with fine sand or even filling with water and freezing it to ice, help in making nice bends. BTW, A very nice serpentine bend in that tube:-) |
| rayl, Image # 33273 | 23 Feb 15 12:24 |
The best way to bend brass tubing is to anneal it it first by heating until it is just starts to turn a dull red, let cool then slip the spring over the tubing and (within limits) bend away. Aluminum tubing is soft enough to bend without any annealling. The little butane torch at the top was purchased from Menards: $6.00 for the torch and $5.00 for a life-time supply of Butane in a aerosol can. |
| rayl, Image # 33272 | 23 Feb 15 12:19 |
DonC and all: This is a set of bending springs from K&S (the folks that make brass tubing) that I use to bend shapes. the set ia available at your LHS or Hobby Lobby. It can be used on tubing from 1/16" to 3/16" O.D. (I don't think that you can find it for $1.75 anymore however. |
| poppy, Comment for image # 33223 | 21 Feb 15 09:21 |
| Of all the pics I have seen of this plane over the years, first time for me to see it on its "legs". Cool!! |
| John M Oshust, Comment for image # 33226 | 20 Feb 15 06:56 |
| Never said Biakal was a blue water lake. Just said it is blue and deep:-) |
| Xanadu, Comment for image # 33226 | 20 Feb 15 06:28 |
| Lake Louise in BC Canada being the third. |
| David Duckett, Comment for image # 33226 | 20 Feb 15 06:11 |
| http://www.answers.com/Q/What_is_a_blue_water_lake According to this, Lake Okoboji is one of only three blue lakes in the world. Lake Baikal is a freshwater lake but is not listed as a "blue lake". |
| rayl, Comment for image # 33226 | 19 Feb 15 15:09 |
| Well. Having heard, and believed, the local tourism B.S. for most of my life, I stand suitably chastised and humble. All that being said, it's still a great place to have a good time.
Don C: I sold my (classic)19 ft. Run-about several years ago because the other boaters made it unsafe to venture out on the lake on the weekends |
| Don C, Comment for image # 33226 | 19 Feb 15 14:34 |
| Used to go down there with my Aunt and Uncle who lived in Heron Lake, MN. Nice place. Wasn't so crowded in the 50's. |
| Don C, Comment for image # 33224 | 19 Feb 15 14:29 |
| Oh wow! |
| jgood, Comment for image # 33226 | 19 Feb 15 14:24 |
| http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/West_Okoboji_Lake |
| John M Oshust, Comment for image # 33226 | 19 Feb 15 14:21 |
| rayl....FYI Lake Baikal in Siberia is blue, and very cold. 216,000sq miles. Average depth 2,442 ft., max depth 5,387 ft. It contains 20% of the world's unfrozen fresh water. |
| julinick, Comment for image # 33223 | 19 Feb 15 14:08 |
| Fantastic!!!! |
| rayl, Image # 33226 | 19 Feb 15 13:11 |
David; In warmer times, we hang out a Lake Okoboji, about 15 miles north. It is one of two "Blue Water" lakes, the other being Lake Geneva in Switzerland. Deep and cold! |
| JohnG., Comment for image # 33224 | 19 Feb 15 11:54 |
| Fantastic............. |
| bobgood, Comment for image # 33223 | 19 Feb 15 11:34 |
| Very smooth Ray! Super work.... |
| rayl, Image # 33225 | 19 Feb 15 11:33 |
Nose gear and well. BTW: yesterday was day of frustration and "Blue Haze" in the workshop. The Rapidogrph knock-off pens that I mentioned earlier not only don't work well on glossy surfaces, but don't dry either. After manhandling the plane to finish the panel lines, I found smudges, runs and fingerprints all over. I spent the better part of the afternoon with Q-tips and various cleaning fluids trying to repair the damage. I finally ended up using a Sharpie "Ultra fine poiint" laundry pen to finish the job. I had always planned on using some pastels to simulate the many rivet lines visable on the real plane, so maybe I can camoflauge some of the damage. Drat!!! |
| John M Oshust, Comment for image # 33224 | 19 Feb 15 11:30 |
| Sweet, JWF! |
| rayl, Image # 33224 | 19 Feb 15 11:25 |
Better view of the Main L/G. I need to find my cut-outs and patterns for the L/G doors and start on them. |
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