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Re: Drilling question

Jorge — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 05:21:22 GMT

After your posts I thought it over and went with full through holes, thxs. My brother has all needed tools: drill press, mitter saw, lathe... the works! We

Re: Drilling question

parabaum — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 04:22:09 GMT

Either way will work. By drilling all the way through, assuming your drilling fixture is a perfect 90 degrees, you are assured to end up with a 90 degree

Re: Drilling question

Sir Keith Benitez — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 03:16:43 GMT

Jorge If I recall correctly I believe I asked the same question. The answer that I got is that by having the hole go all the way through the steel insert has

Drilling question

Jorge — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 02:15:14 GMT

Keith, Jeff, Brandon On the lower square tubes (the base ones) did you drill the 3/4 hole, the one where the vertical will attach to, all the way through both

Re: Building a Skybolt V2 - Questions

batjac4 — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 05:16:20 GMT

Seems like this would also make a good tubing cutter with the appropriate hole saw.

Re: Back to the project

Mike Bennett — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 12:13:00 GMT

Thanks Jeff and Brandon, I will work on it this weekend. After thinking about it, I'm not sure if the spacing would be the same, I was looking for an idea. My

Re: Back to the project

bgo_1999 — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 06:09:33 GMT

Jeff is absolutely right: you should mock it up with zipties. If you have exactly the same netting I do, then I could go out and measure my spacings, but not

Re: Back to the project

parabaum — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 05:15:53 GMT

Not Brandon here, but here are some thoughts. With the diamond pattern netting you can vary the "width" of the net by incramentaly increasing or decreasing the

Back to the project

Mike Bennett — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 01:29:49 GMT

Ok flying season has slowed down and I need to get back to my Skybolt project. Yes I took the summer off from working on it since I still have a flyable

Re: Building a Skybolt V2 - Questions

Mike Bennett — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 00:50:51 GMT

Nice catch, love that self centering v-block built in. ... -- Regards, Mike Bennett mbppg.com [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]

Re: Building a Skybolt V2 - Questions

Phils — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 00:48:42 GMT

This is the best dang portable drill press I have ever used . http://www.hartvilletool.com/product/11122

Re: Question on assembly

joe263077 — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 11:09:25 GMT

Alternatively why not fit some wheels?

Re: Question on assembly

Jorge — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 06:15:30 GMT

Thxs, understood. Enviado desde mi BlackBerry ... From: "parabaum" Date: Wed, 18 Nov 2009 06:13:43 To:

Re: Question on assembly

parabaum — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 06:13:49 GMT

Yes it is designed that way to leave some material for holding strength. At the very least, file the corners round. The skids work very well and are advised.

Re: Question on assembly

Sir Keith Benitez — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 19:57:18 GMT

If you make that part flush then the round steel insert that holds the "legs" would not have anything to be held by. Please keep that part in mind whenever you