Fuselage fixture

On Tuesday, November 10, 2015 at 10:06:09 PM UTC-6, Dave Rolley wrote:
I'd like to do some clean-up work on the bottom of the of my glider's
fuselage. Are there any drawings available for for a fuselage rotation
fixture similar to the one shown in the linked video?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Co4l35Awbtc

Thanks,

Dave

Steve's seen my rings. The first one I made is wood and is made from a single 4x4 foot 3/4" piece of plywood. Six 60-deg arcs were laid out on the sheet and cut with a hand sabre saw. The arcs were glued together in two layers so that the joints on the lower layer are offset 30 degrees from the upper layer joints. Each arc was about 3" wide and the OD of the overall ring is about 54". The remaining piece of plywood I used for the roller base under the ring. I used this wood ring to support a Ka-2b fuselage for repair and refinish. I am now using it to support an ASK-14 fuselage for restoration.

Since making the wood ring, I had four steel tubes formed into circles at a local metal shop. My son helped cut the overlapping ends of the tubes, weld them together, and weld on four tabs to the inside of the ring. Two of these are with friends and the other two are holding up project gliders in my shop.