On 20 Jun 2005 14:02:08 -0700, wrote:



Stealth Pilot wrote:

I've even been prompted to get the little furnace I built for
aluminium casting dusted off to cast up a set of lightweight toe brake
pedals. Man this homebuilding is magic.
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Doing your own pedals is neat, especially if you cast-in your
hull-number or the airframe designator (ie, VP, 701, etc). I usta cast
intake manifold ends for dual-port VW heads. (The cores are kinda
tricky) Also gascolator bodies. I did a very sexy Pitot tube... then
realized it weighed nearly 4x as much as a couple of pieces of tubing
taped to a stick :-)

If you have a lathe, even a small one, and access to aluminum plate,
making your own pulleys can save you a bundle. Ditto for fuel tank
fittings (ie, 'flanges'), caps and so forth.

-R.S.Hoover

oh yes. lathe and shaper etc.

Stealth Pilot