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lwinger

Joined: 21 Jun 2006
Posts: 229
Location: Tustin, CA

Posted: Wed Sep 20, 2006 9:29 am Post subject: Work Table Height

I must finally level my work table and get it off of the sawhorses.  Because half of my table is under our overhead garage door, I need to know the max height of any part of the fuselage/landing gear assembly before it goes down on its wheels.  



Can anyone who is at that stage (or beyond) give me that measurement?



Thanks.

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Gig Giacona

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Posted: Wed Sep 20, 2006 1:28 pm Post subject: Re: Work Table Height

Before you go cutting off legs of your table keep in mind that by the time you get to putting the upper rear skin on you  will probably have it off the table and on saw horses.



The most important thing about the table height is that it needs to fit you. You are going to spend a lot of hours working on it.

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bryanmmartin

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Posted: Wed Sep 20, 2006 1:34 pm Post subject: Work Table Height

The component that needed the most vertical clearance from my work  

table was the root end of the wing when I rolled it over to access  

either the top or bottom side. That is the distance from the rear  

spar to the nose of the wing. I don't have an exact measurement handy  

but it's over four feet because the root end of the wing was wider  

than my table. No part of the fuselage assembly requires more  

vertical clearance than that before it goes on its gear.

On Sep 20, 2006, at 1:29 PM, lwinger wrote:



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 I must finally level my work table and get it off of the  

 sawhorses.  Because half of my table is under our overhead garage  

 door, I need to know the max height of any part of the fuselage/ 

 landing gear assembly before it goes down on its wheels.



 Can anyone who is at that stage (or beyond) give me that measurement?



 Thanks.



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 Larry Winger

 Tustin, CA

 601XL #6493 from scratch

 Stabilizer skeleton ready to rivet


	


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N61BM, CH 601 XL,

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Posted: Wed Sep 20, 2006 2:32 pm Post subject: Work Table Height

Larry-

    Check out Larry Mac's cruciform jig on his website- you'll have to 

modify it a bit for an XL, but I think it's the neatest thing since sliced 

bread. I built one for my HDS and will never regret it. I can move my center 

section/fuse around with one finger.

    For an HDS, 16" from the floor to the bottom of the longitudinal 2x6's.

    I have about $50 and 25 hrs time in it.

    Picture attached, and for crying out loud, don't anyone complain! 

Sheesh- I pay about $15/month more for DSL than dial-up. It's worth it in 

the time you spend waiting!

Bill Naumuk

HDS Fuselage

Townville, Pa

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Posted: Wed Sep 20, 2006 7:38 pm Post subject: Work Table Height

Larry,



My experience was that I wanted the table high for the tail and wings, but

much lower when working on the fuselage.  My solution was to use the same

table top resting on saw horses.  I simply made two sets of sawhorses at the

two different heights.  I did clamp the table top to the saw horses so it

wouldn't move.  I got rid of the table top, but I'm still using the saw

horses.  My nearly finished canopy is sitting on the high ones right now.

The important thing about the table top is that it must be flat.  Level is

good too, but I didn't go crazy worrying about partial degrees.



Jeff Davidson 

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 I must finally level my work table and get it off of the  

 sawhorses.

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Posted: Wed Sep 20, 2006 10:08 pm Post subject: Work Table Height

Yes, check your own working position (ergonomic?),  Your back can complain. 

   

  We all spend lots of hours working, sometimes we forget how long we are there.  More than a couple of nights we got surprised by the Sun raising in the early morning...

   

  Saludos

  Gary Gower

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Gig Giacona <wr.giacona(at)cox.net> wrote:

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Before you go cutting off legs of your table keep in mind that by the time you get to putting the upper rear skin on you will probably have it off the table and on saw horses.



The most important thing about the table height is that it needs to fit you. You are going to spend a lot of hours working on [quote][b]

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lwinger

Joined: 21 Jun 2006
Posts: 229
Location: Tustin, CA

Posted: Sun Sep 24, 2006 9:21 am Post subject: Re: Work Table Height

Thanks to you guys for the responses.  My conclusion is that I will keep my worktable at a comfortable height for work on the wings and control surfaces, and either shorten them as I get into the fuselage work or, more likely, construct a 601XL version of Larry MacFarland's cruciform jig.  



I don't want to send anyone scurrying to their workshop, but I never actually received the physical dimension from worktable surface to the top of the highest part of the assembled fuselage (before placing it on mains).  I'd still be interested if anyone has that measurement.

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Posted: Sun Sep 24, 2006 10:48 am Post subject: Work Table Height

Larry-

    That dimension would be in the plans, unless you misworded your 

question. Think about it.

Bill Naumuk

HDS Fuselage

Townville, Pa

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