lee.logan(at)gulfstream.c
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 Posted: Fri Jan 05, 2007 11:36 am Post subject: RVSouthEast-List Digest: 34 Msgs - 01/04/07 |
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Here's my list for what it's worth:
1. Compressor:
- Enclose if outside, make sure it has top cover
- Easy access to the water drain (install on 4x4s so you can reach under
it)
- Oil bath compressor
- Water filter
- Separate runs for air tools and paint guns
- Manifold so you can run more than one air tool at a time
2. Lights/electricity:
- Figure out how many lights you need and then double that (no kidding)
- Flourescent, not incandescent
- Lots of electrical plugs and a couple of multi-plugs (screw gun
charger, sound system, drill bit sharpener, small refrigerator, drop
lights, vacuum cleaner, etc.)
- A couple of long extension cords
- One work area with several plugs for band saw, belt grinder, drill
press, other power tools
3. Benches/Tables:
- You will need more work benches and worktables than you think
- Build out of solid core doors, find throwaways is you can. They are
very sturdy and importantly, they are very flat
- Solid core doors over cheap kitchen drawer cabinets are great work
benches, use simple 2x4s and solid core doors to make a worktable or two
4. Storage:
- You will need a place for safe storage of parts before you build, for
finished parts as you build. Pegs on the wall, or:
- PVC pipe can be used to make a "forest" for vertical storage of
ailerons, flaps. fin, h/s, etc
5. Jigs/supports
- Might want to consider having your builders build the jigs you will
require (this will depend upon which RV you are building and whether you're
doing a "quick build" or not, but with all their power tools they can build
a jig in half an hour that would take you all day. Also, theirs is likely
to be square where yours may not be.
- Same for a wing cradle (mine is a rollaround and it's great). Gets the
wings to wherever I need them including out of the way.
- Saw horses: Have your builder make you at least 2-3 sets.
6. Air hoses: I really like the cheap black rubber hoses they have at
Harbor Freight. The coiled types and the colorful blue and yellow
(vinyl??) ones get all balled up and catch on everything. This is a case
of cheaper is better...they lie flat on the floor, don't coil up badly and
roll up easily on a wall roller (which I also recommend installing)
- Air hose connectors: Be careful when you buy these (Harbor Freight)
and get all the same type. There are several styles with very small
differences between them but they aren't interchangeable. Some of your
tools will require male and some female, adaptors. Heads up.
7. Painting: Even if you don't paint your airplane yourself, you will
still need a place to grey prime/zinc chromate small parts. Even if it's
only a phone booth sized, plastic enclosed booth, a paint area that will
help keep from getting overspray on everything else in your shop would be
useful.
8. Cleanup: You should consider provision(s) for occasional major shop
clean up. Grinding, drilling, shaping, bandsawing, deburring, and
fiberglass work, etc, makes more dust than you can imagine. Getting as
much of your gear off the floor as possible will be a great help with
sweeping up/blowing out your shop. Having a place to hang your creeper(s),
rollaround seats, to roll up your airhoses and extension cords, for hanging
your major parts on the wall, etc. will greatly facilitate a full blown
clean up.
All I can think of for now!
Lee...
Lee Logan
Government Programs and Sales Support
Gulfstream Aerospace Corporation
Savannah, Georgia
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