Don and all
Since Oshkosh, and before really, I have invested a lot of time in rebuilding the Warner engine in the Hatz Biplane. I needed to sell the Hatz but I also needed to know, and feel in my heart, that the engine was top notch before I could sell it. I finished the engine and sold it to a great guy that loves to give rides and share his Blessings so I know it went to a good home. But all that pretty much shut down the cub progress for several months. I am hoping that I can focus on the Cub now and "git er done".
I went up to Javron on Monday and we cut my instrument panel. MMR put my panel in a CAD program and we laid it out. Thank you Mark. (nice to have friends), he then sent the DXF file to Jay so we could use his CAD router table. Man that is cool stuff. I was like a kid in a toy store. I love all those tools. Wish I knew how to use them all.
Here are some photos and details.......
This is Mike, all around great guy, does CAD, Purchasing, Inventory control, etc. Is often the guy that answers the phone when not doing something else. Sharp guy. Mike mapped my Garmin 796 and fed that info into the DXF file. It was spot on.
This is Jim B. Welder and Fab guy.
This is Ryan O. This guy does REALLY nice artwork with a welder. He is the one that welded the motor mount shown in a previous post on this thread. Beautiful workmanship. Thank you Ryan.
It is just fun to wander around the shop and see all the cool Cub stuff. Need an axle nut? Here is a whole box of them.
It might be a little hard to see but there are a bunch of seats up there. Ready to go.
Gear legs.
Need some tail feathers or perhaps a gear assembly? That is just so cool......
Martin H....this is your fuselage in the jig......Jay had three fuselages under construction....
Took a lunch break with Jay, Brad (CubusMaximus the awesome photographer) and Craig (builder of the Viking Cub that Brad so heavily photo documented). Great guys all
Back to the shop where Jay did some tweeking to the CAD files.......
Then on to the cutting table.......
Go baby go...saved me about a weeks work....
All cut........
And this is a rough look at what the panel will look like.....
Jay also has a file for and can cut floorboards.....so if you need a set he might be cheeper....or he might be able to cut it from different stock.......
Part of the rest of the shop. I suspect this is where Javron makes their money.