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EAA Chapte Tools
The local EAA chapter (with 20 or so builder/flyers and 20 more
talker/looker's) has decided to purchase tools for loan to chapter members. In general, these will be tools that are relatively expensive (and therefore scarce to homebuilders), specific use tools such as aircraft scales, a prop balancer, a forced air breathing system, etc. The chapter understands that managing the lending and return of these tools will require a significant amount of effort, or the tools will disappear over time. That said, help me come up with a list of tools that are likely candidates for the chapter's tool warehouse. Thanks, KB |
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Hi Kyle I suggest you stick to tools that are only needed for a short
time not something that a member will be using for weeks or months. Here's some things I'd like to be able to borrow Nicopress sleeve squeezer Mandrels for assembling hoses hose pressure tester Cylinder compression tester The local EAA chapter (with 20 or so builder/flyers and 20 more talker/looker's) has decided to purchase tools for loan to chapter members. In general, these will be tools that are relatively expensive (and therefore scarce to homebuilders), specific use tools such as aircraft scales, a prop balancer, a forced air breathing system, etc. The chapter understands that managing the lending and return of these tools will require a significant amount of effort, or the tools will disappear over time. That said, help me come up with a list of tools that are likely candidates for the chapter's tool warehouse. Thanks, KB |
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Kyle Boatright wrote:
That said, help me come up with a list of tools that are likely candidates for the chapter's tool warehouse. Good scales Cylinder base wrenches Mag timing light/buzz box Vacuum pump wrench Engine hoist Comealong and scaffold Inclinometer Large (5x) rivet gun or big pneumatic squeezer Dial gauge and (homemade) vertical stand _Good_ volt-ohmmeter Coax crimper Battery charger Brake bleeder Compression tester Aircraft stands Hose mandrels ....and a ton more. Dave 'Christmas in March' Hyde |
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Some of the things that I have personally purchased through the years and
make available to members a Electronic Scales Power bleeder for brakes SWR meter for antenna tuning Fresh air supply system for painting When I do a weight and balance with the scales, I ask $50 rental. I take $25 for a hassle factor and ask that the other $25 be put toward whatever EAA chapter the member belongs to. Dale Alexander Velocity 173 RG Stealth Gullwing "nauga" wrote in message link.net... Kyle Boatright wrote: That said, help me come up with a list of tools that are likely candidates for the chapter's tool warehouse. Good scales Cylinder base wrenches Mag timing light/buzz box Vacuum pump wrench Engine hoist Comealong and scaffold Inclinometer Large (5x) rivet gun or big pneumatic squeezer Dial gauge and (homemade) vertical stand _Good_ volt-ohmmeter Coax crimper Battery charger Brake bleeder Compression tester Aircraft stands Hose mandrels ...and a ton more. Dave 'Christmas in March' Hyde |
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" wrote in message ... The local EAA chapter (with 20 or so builder/flyers and 20 more talker/looker's) has decided to purchase tools for loan to chapter members. In general, these will be tools that are relatively expensive (and therefore scarce to homebuilders), specific use tools such as aircraft scales, a prop balancer, a forced air breathing system, etc. The chapter understands that managing the lending and return of these tools will require a significant amount of effort, or the tools will disappear over time. That said, help me come up with a list of tools that are likely candidates for the chapter's tool warehouse. Thanks, KB 52" squaring sheet metal shear -- Tennsmith or Pexto sheet metal brakes Kearney swager, also regular swaging tools (long handle and jackscrew) lathes and mills (and the experts who operate them) English wheel (also takes an expert) instrument hole cutter cable tensiometer skillful chapter wives with sewing machines for cockpit covers, headliners, upholstery, and wing envelopes (Yeah, I'm a chauvinist.) 18' trailer and truck available for hauling the new contraption to the airport (plus plenty of strong backs) HVLP paint system with fresh-air pump 50-gallon barrel BBQ cooker and fridge full o'beer propane stoves for chili cookoffs and red aprons with "Bitch, Bitch, Bitch!" embroidered on them various jacks, cherry-pickers, come-alongs pancake breakfast equipment (a must have) A set of good (and accurate) CHT gauges for engine break-in potato guns and if you're out in the stix, a 50 cal. sniper rifle sheet metal shrinker and stretcher reamers tap and die set valve spring compressor ring squeezers cylinder wrenches good set of mikes, feelers, and telescoping gauges for measuring cylinder wear and checking out valves, guides, rocker shafts, ring side play etc. dial indicators etcetera |
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.. " jls" wrote in message ... " wrote in message ... Snip 52" squaring sheet metal shear -- Tennsmith or Pexto sheet metal brakes Kearney swager, also regular swaging tools (long handle and jackscrew) lathes and mills (and the experts who operate them) English wheel (also takes an expert) instrument hole cutter cable tensiometer skillful chapter wives with sewing machines for cockpit covers, headliners, upholstery, and wing envelopes (Yeah, I'm a chauvinist.) 18' trailer and truck available for hauling the new contraption to the airport (plus plenty of strong backs) HVLP paint system with fresh-air pump 50-gallon barrel BBQ cooker and fridge full o'beer propane stoves for chili cookoffs and red aprons with "Bitch, Bitch, Bitch!" embroidered on them various jacks, cherry-pickers, come-alongs pancake breakfast equipment (a must have) A set of good (and accurate) CHT gauges for engine break-in potato guns and if you're out in the stix, a 50 cal. sniper rifle Ok slipped it in ---- ROFLMAO sheet metal shrinker and stretcher reamers tap and die set snipped |
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Welding equipment, maybe Tig, definitely Oxy/Acetylene.
AL |
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"Blueskies" wrote in message .com... various jacks, cherry-pickers, come-alongs The cherry-pickers are to be used for removing bits of airplanes from the surrounding trees, house roofs etc.:-) -- --- Cheers, Jonathan Lowe. / don't bother me with insignificiant nonsence such as spelling, I don't care if it spelt properly / Sometimes I fly and sometimes I just dream about it. :-) pancake breakfast equipment (a must have) A set of good (and accurate) CHT gauges for engine break-in potato guns and if you're out in the stix, a 50 cal. sniper rifle Ok slipped it in ---- ROFLMAO sheet metal shrinker and stretcher reamers tap and die set snipped |
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