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jhines
Joined: 14 Mar 2007
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Location: Bella Vista, Arkansas
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 Posted: Mon Jan 28, 2008 8:10 am Post subject: Forming blocks - a 'right of passage"??? |
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When I first decided to switch to scratch building, I thought it would be easy to find a builder willing to pass on his old forming block when finished with them. I was surprised when my post last year got no responses offering to sell old forming blocks. Now I see why. Building these things is a kind of a 'right of passage". No one should be able to say that they scratch built a plane if they didn't have to make these things. Cutting metal and popping rivets is easy. I find making the forming blocks much more tedious. Anyway, I am almost done with wing forming blocks. I just have to make the relief cuts and I am done. Lets see, there are 15 relief cuts on each block, times 18 blocks. That's 270 relief cuts! I made a jig for my drill press and it works fine, but its not near as quick as the oscillating spindle sander that Mark uses in his "Scratch Built Basics" video. Ugh! I long for the day that I can pop another rivet!
John Hines
www.johnsplane.com
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kmccune
Joined: 22 Sep 2007
Posts: 577
Location: Wisconsin, USA
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| Posted: Mon Jan 28, 2008 3:06 pm Post subject: Re: Forming blocks - a 'right of passage"??? |
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Shoulda made a 701, fewer rib form blocks 
Actually, I like the wood working part, but then I'm as my kids call me, abi-normal 
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