Lowleveldevil
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My kit is ordered and wanting suggestions on Fabric Tools Required or a kit I can buy. Any suggestions on tools required or suppliers of kits for Fabric building . Super Cub PA 18 Air Tech Covering Kit .
Super Cub Experimental Fabric Tools required.
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The best fabric trick Mike showed me was to have lots of rib stitch needles. One for each rib. Push theem all through from one side, walk to the other side and push them back the other way. So much better than back and forth with one needle. Probably a common pro trick but I'm not a pro.
mike mcs repair
Registered User
chugiak AK
actually every other rib, or you step in and/or stab yourself... and I bought a half dozen of every length available since your last visit...... not sure why.....
Hardtailjohn
Registered User
Marion, MT
I'm sure Robby at Airtech can get you a list and supplies. The one thing that's really used a lot in my shop is the digital small and large irons. Stewart Systems can get both for you. Another thing that I use a bunch is an Olfa rotary cutter with a pinking blade in.
John
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bob turner
Registered User
Pinking shears. Know how to sharpen them. Good straight scissors. Ice pick. Good paint brushes. Good containers - I really liked the old metal tennis ball containers. Wood clothes pins. A couple small heavy blocks to help glue inspection openings.
Check out the new way to rib stitch. Way easier, much better looking, and faster. Just learned it last week.
https://youtu.be/6Y-oU1ikcAA
Check out the new way to rib stitch. Way easier, much better looking, and faster. Just learned it last week.
https://youtu.be/6Y-oU1ikcAA
mike mcs repair
Registered User
chugiak AK
only used fresh air system when starting out.... sold it decades ago....
and don't put the fresh air source hose outside!! when its well below zero Fahrenheit... you think drinking a milk shake fast headache is bad!!! try this!!
just use a good mask with filters... change them each year or so....
Bill Rusk
BENEFACTOR
Sandpoint, Idaho
Buy a box of 100 single edge razor blades. They go dull very quickly, so don't hesitate to toss it and get another. Don't be afraid to use the whole box on one airplane. A sharp blade is a great and wonderful thing.
Scissors also go dull but not quite as quickly. Again, don't be afraid to toss them and buy another pair. Or sharpen them if you know how.
Don't be afraid to take a long needle and bend it to what you need, or basically make your own. So buy several shapes and sizes of needles.
An IR thermometer is great to have to check your iron temp
Several straight edges, of different lengths. 6" 12" 18" 3' 5'
Spring clamps can be very helpful
Pinking shears
Hope this helps
Bill
Scissors also go dull but not quite as quickly. Again, don't be afraid to toss them and buy another pair. Or sharpen them if you know how.
Don't be afraid to take a long needle and bend it to what you need, or basically make your own. So buy several shapes and sizes of needles.
An IR thermometer is great to have to check your iron temp
Several straight edges, of different lengths. 6" 12" 18" 3' 5'
Spring clamps can be very helpful
Pinking shears
Hope this helps
Bill
wireweinie
FOUNDER
Palmer, AK
Highly recommend Fiskars brand scissors and shears. If you keep them clean, they hold a fantastic cutting edge. And the edges can be touched up quickly or completely resharpened as needed.
If you just start out covering a simple item, you'll see what tools you'll want. Nothing fancy required, unless you count a digital thermometer as fancy.
Web
If you just start out covering a simple item, you'll see what tools you'll want. Nothing fancy required, unless you count a digital thermometer as fancy.
Web
mike mcs repair
Registered User
chugiak AK
Ir thermometer Will lie on a shinny iron. Best on dark. Seen holes melted in fabric by a guy using one....
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Marty57
PATRON
Nipomo, Ca
My fav scissors for covering and teaching seminars is the Singer Nano point. With a pair of these, a Florian Rotary Pinker, and a standard Fiskars Pinking sheers I'm all set for cutting fabric. Digital irons are the only way to go; IR checking temps will not work. Even the instructions with the IR says they are very inaccurate on different materials; not to be trusted. I use the CoverRite Pocket Thermometer to occasionally check the digital and have never found them to be off by much at all. Everything you need to cover can fit in a shoe box.
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Hardtailjohn
Registered User
Marion, MT
That mask with fresh filters will NOT stop any of the isocyanide!!! I know, I wound up in the hospital from it...damned near dead. That's one of the main reasons what is now "Stewart System" was developed. You're literally living on borrowed time.
John
Hardtailjohn
Registered User
Marion, MT
Haven't used a modified seinne knot for over 20 years. We got the "Staggerwing knot" approved and never looked back. Way less monkey motion!
John
in a pinch, stretch a scrap of fabric tape over the face of the iron, both ends held in your iron hand. Shoot it with an ir thermometer with your free hand, kind of awkward but works.
or .. get a digital iron..
