Charlie Longley
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Anchorage, AK
I am going to order a wood spar blank for a J-3 from Aircraft Spruce. If anyone wants to share freight to the Seattle area let me know. On a side note is Aircraft Spruce still the best source?
Aircraft Spruce is a good source, but it might take a while. I waited several months from first inquiry last year for two sets of spruce spars.I am going to order a wood spar blank for a J-3 from Aircraft Spruce. If anyone wants to share freight to the Seattle area let me know. On a side note is Aircraft Spruce still the best source?
Check with Edensaw in Port Townsend. (800) 745-3336. Ask for Mast and Spar grade sitka spruce. You will have to get your IA to sign it off as meeting aircraft grade for spars. This is the end of a piece I have 2" x6" X 24' long. free of knots, shake and pitch pockets. You do see a split along the grain line about midway. A forklift was pushing a bundle on the end and split it, turning it into an 18' piece.
Wayne
Picture isn’t coming through for some reason. I am going to order from Spruce as this is a customers airplane. I’ll probably order an extra front and rear spar blank to have on hand.
That's strange. They show up on my phone app but not on the computer for me.
Vic
I am on my iPad and can’t see them. No matter.That's strange. They show up on my phone app but not on the computer for me.
Vic
Make sure that they package them adequately. Years ago I bought two large spar blanks from Spruce. They arrived with dings in the surface. Fortunately I was able to work around the damage since the spars needed to be routed out in that damaged area. At the very least they should be covered with a layer of plywood. Mine was covered with cardboard.Thanks for all of the advice. I am going to go with Aircraft Spruce. Let me know if anyone else wants to get in on the order.
I am on my iPad and can’t see them. No matter.
I saw the pictures on my puter mid day yesterday, they were gone by night time.
Check with Edensaw in Port Townsend. (800) 745-3336. Ask for Mast and Spar grade sitka spruce. You will have to get your IA to sign it off as meeting aircraft grade for spars. …..
Edensaw is about 2 miles from Jefferson County airport, south of Pt Townsend.
It'd be easy to get there from the airport if they had the correct material & you wanted to inspect it before buying.
A guy named Kiwi owns the place (guess where he's from!),
one of their salesmen (Sam) is married to the owner of the airport café here.
They also have a place in Seattle or Tacoma but I think it's just a warehouse.
I am pretty sure he buys them from Edensaw.Rainbow Ron in Moses Lake sells wood spars for Aeroncas. Does he sell Piper spars too?
Right I am pretty sure that he doesn’t do J-3 spars.I didn't know where he got them from his are ready to install.
Surprisingly the spars have been shipped from Spruce. I called Edensaw a few days ago as a backup. Still waiting on a return call......