Update (sorta)
Spent last weekend at a family gathering down in Texas. I am so very Blessed to have a great family. Family is so important, when people are seeing the end of their time on earth they almost always say "I wish I had spent more time with my family" So....learn from them....spend more time with your family....
L to R - My Mom, Uncle and Aunt. Three of the greatest people I know. Thank you!!!
The little church I went to as a kid. It is still where we have our reunions. It is 170 years old. Lots of history there. Small town America......its a great and wonderful thing.
My home town....thats it....thats all.....and its all good.
So this weekend it is back to work on the Cub. Sorta.
First we took the skis off MMR's PA-12 and put the Bushwheels back on. Ski season is over for this year. :-(
This weekends project was building the paint booth. I prefer to have a rigid wall paint booth. Plastic gets static electricity and collects all kinds of dust. Then when you turn on your exhaust fan that plastic sheet flaps, sucks in, and billows out, and in the process slings all that dust everywhere. Also, many years ago I was painting a car in a plastic sheeting booth, was kneeling down doing the rocker panel, and when I stood up I momentarily lost my balance, and reached out to steady myself. Basically I pulled the whole booth down on my fresh paint job because there was no real structure there. That was a really bad week. Re-sanded the whole car......
So I prefer real walls. Cost a little more but worth it, to me.
Home Depot sells a product called Thrifty White Panel Board. It is pretty thin, about 1/8th inch, smooth bright white Melamine finish, and relatively cheep at 12 bucks a 4x8 sheet. So I make 8' x 8' blocks, and 4' x 8' blocks, using 2x4's that are then screwed together. This way you can take it all apart and stack it out of the way until you build your next Cub, or lend it to your neighbors.....
An 8' x 8' panel going together.
Mark and Cal came over and helped out. Makes a BIG difference. Thanks guys.
12' x 24' is the size. I used plywood and OSB for the roof part. The Melamine board just does not have enough rigidity for the ceiling.
Door wall with the intake filters. The exhaust fan is on the far wall through a window.
This wandered into my hangar. It is non-flyable and will be used for static display, EAA events, etc. Purchased for that purpose by Buck. Good on you, Buck.
So I will do some more work tomorrow on the booth. Next weekend it is off to Minneapolis for the First Annual Minnesota Pilots Association gathering - founded by our very own hero Dr Windonhisnose. Then on Saturday I head North with my good friend Mike Woodson tooooo............wait for it..................
GET MY WINGS from Jay at Javron. So sometime after next weekend we should have a wing report. Yahoo!!!!!!!!
As always.....Hope this helps
Bill