| Image Comments |
| rayl | 26-Apr-16 16:55 |
| Biplane Guy, I 've been down the slope for decades (Used to be a plastic modeler). Example here ( a week of my life that I'll never get back) is of the rigging clevises for my Loening. Each clevis took 9 separate operations and three jigs to make. But it's FUN!!! |
| biplane guy | 26-Apr-16 20:18 |
| Amazing dedication and great work. And yes, it is fun. |
| Xanadu | 27-Apr-16 06:30 |
| The detail work astounds me some days. |
| rgood | 13-May-16 12:20 |
| I love to see work as fine as this...... |
| LASTWOODSMAN | 16-Jan-17 20:20 |
| Rayl - superb rigging - it is agonizing and arduous... especially the planning part. How did you stamp out these flat metal (what metal is it?) clevis blanks, and how did you drill the holes, and how did you bend the two round flanges up? Is there a pin and sleeve bushing between the flanges? |
| LASTWOODSMAN | 17-Jan-17 08:07 |
| Ray - what is the thickness of the clevis metal? - about 20 thou or so? |
| rayl | 17-Jan-17 09:24 |
| Richard: I started out with a piece of 5/32" K&S brass channel. Used a machinist dye to coat the channel so I could see my lay-out lines. Laid out all of the holes and drilled them with (IIRC: a No. 60 drill). Used my Dremel tool with a cut-off wheel to remove most of the metal [down to my lay-out lines], then finished up with Swiss files. The cross pieces are .063" dia. K&S brass rod soft soldered and cleaned up, again, with Swiss files. Hope this answers your questions. |
| poppy | 17-Jan-17 10:03 |
| Now this as good as it gets!! Amazing! |
| LASTWOODSMAN | 17-Jan-17 10:27 |
| Very clever! Thanks Ray. |
