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01-25-2023, 09:58 PM

Farmer Hank replied to a thread tools, jigs, fixtures, and other neat stuff in Tips and Tricks

This is a tool I made years ago to make the hinges for rudder and brake pedals. Drill the block oversize taking into account the thickness of the...

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01-25-2023, 09:50 PM

Farmer Hank replied to a thread tools, jigs, fixtures, and other neat stuff in Tips and Tricks

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01-21-2023, 03:35 PM

Farmer Hank replied to a thread tools, jigs, fixtures, and other neat stuff in Tips and Tricks

The gap is very close to .025 all the way around, but perhaps a little wider at the nose where the metal needs to crinkle up a little more. I have...

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01-20-2023, 11:41 PM

Farmer Hank replied to a thread tools, jigs, fixtures, and other neat stuff in Tips and Tricks

Push the small part into the big part, then knock it through with a hammer. Neaten up the formed edge with a small hammer, trim it so it is fairly...

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01-20-2023, 09:38 PM

Farmer Hank replied to a thread tools, jigs, fixtures, and other neat stuff in Tips and Tricks

Hi Jim, The weight of the punch on the blank keeps it all lined up. After a couple of parts are made, you will find out where to position the press...

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01-19-2023, 08:43 PM

Farmer Hank replied to a thread tools, jigs, fixtures, and other neat stuff in Tips and Tricks

I made this tool perhaps 40 years ago to make bulkheads for flaps and ailerons, and I’ve used it again recently for my 1986 SC clone. Half inch...

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01-13-2023, 07:09 PM

Farmer Hank replied to a thread Short Approach in The Art and Science of Flying

Hey Mike - since we are talking about Montana traffic, can you foresee a Bozeman scenario for Glacier Park International? I was on the airport board...

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01-06-2023, 08:57 PM

Farmer Hank replied to a thread X-C in a '60 Oldsmobile in Cross Country Accomodations

A couple of weeks ago a fellow plunged off the road into our winter canola field. My son dragged him a half mile to the field entrance road. It’s...

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01-06-2023, 08:46 PM

Farmer Hank replied to a thread X-C in a '60 Oldsmobile in Cross Country Accomodations

There is a story that in the winter years ago Bill Gates got stuck between Ennis and Big Sky, Montana. A local fellow got him going again. Bill...

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