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graeme bird

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Posted: Sat Oct 09, 2010 12:55 am Post subject: Cradle for rotating fuselage wanted

I need a jig to allow me to rotate the fuselage for smoothing/painting. Before I order an engine stand which I will have to modify and store to ever and ever, I wondered if anyone had brought or made one that I could beg/steal/buy?  Don Kesterton has made a smart one with a Clarke engine stand and a propshaft universal coupling. I am in Milton keynes and could collect in a trailer.

Thanks

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Posted: Sat Oct 09, 2010 10:59 am Post subject: Cradle for rotating fuselage wanted

On Oct 9, 2010, at 1:55 AM, graeme bird wrote:



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 I need a jig to allow me to rotate the fuselage for smoothing/ 

 painting. Before I order an engine stand which I will have to modify  

 and store to ever and ever, I wondered if anyone had brought or made  

 one that I could beg/steal/buy?  Don Kesterton has made a smart one  

 with a Clarke engine stand and a propshaft universal coupling.


	


Graeme,



Alex Bowman made a quite simple jig cut from two sheets of 1/2"  

plywood, suitably reinforced. With a cutout for the fuselage, taken at  

the firewall, the plywood was cut to become a large wheel, perhaps 6  

or 7 feet diameter, which rotated on rollers or castor wheels attached  

to a plank resting on the floor of his workshop. The tail was raised  

to level and supported by a cushioned trestle. I have no details, but  

I believe there was a picture of it in a story published in Sport  

Aviation several years ago. Alex found it was particularly useful  

since he was making his own cowl w/ a rather elaborate monowheel  

fairing...he's told me it worked quite well, as the fuselage could be  

rotated like a chicken on a rotisserie.



Fred

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graeme bird

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Posted: Sat Oct 09, 2010 11:17 am Post subject: Re: Cradle for rotating fuselage wanted

Thanks for that, interesting, I have drawn up something very similar using 18mm ply and using boat rollers on the board

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