L Angles

I have completed the tail and I am now starting on the fuselage.  I am scratch building.  I have a question on the L angles.  I would like some input on bending the angle out of stock or purchasing the L angles from spruce.  If purchased from spruce, what thickness?  Thanks for any input. 

 

casey

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Permalink Reply by Chris Aysen on March 11, 2011 at 6:55am

Casey - Most of your "L's" are .025 and that is sufficient for most applications. Scratch building is a long drawn-out process. You sacrifice your time to save money. Bend them yourself; once you put your mind to it you'll realize the savings and that it didn't take a whole lot of time. Of course that's providing you have at least the bender that Zenith has drawings for.

Good Luck!!

Chris

Permalink Reply by Casey Zechmann on March 18, 2011 at 6:55pm

Thanks for your reply. Spruce does not make a "L" angle that thin. The thinnest is .0625. I guess to save weight, I am stuck bending, unless you know of someone who sells a .025 L angle prefabbed.  Hummmm.....Chris, do you know of anyone else that sells the rivets, other than Zenith, at a cheaper price?  Thanks for your help

 

Casey

Permalink Reply by Casey Zechmann on March 18, 2011 at 6:57pm
Also, where did you buy your sheet metal. I have been using spruce, but there has to be someone cheaper.
Permalink Reply by Chris Aysen on March 22, 2011 at 7:23am

I had purchased my original sheet and tubing order from Airparts, Inc. They usually have a booth at Sun-N-Fun and Oshkosh. Every now and then Spruce would be cheaper. I have purchased rivets from Spruce but to say I have searched the web for the CHEAPEST; I have not..... I manufactured my own "Ls" because I had built the Zenith brake. A phone call to Ms. Shirley at Zenith (573-581-9000) would be the quickest way to get those plans; if they're still available.

Best of building luck!

Chris

Permalink Reply by Patrick Underwood on March 21, 2011 at 1:46pm

Chris, can you post a link to this Zenith bender?

 

Thanks,

Patrick

Permalink Reply by Chris Aysen on March 22, 2011 at 7:23am

I'm not aware of a specific link. But I'm sure Ms. Shirley at Zenith (573-581-9000) can respond very quickly to that request.

Best of Luck!

Chris

Permalink Reply by Casey Zechmann on March 23, 2011 at 9:38pm

Hey Chris, can you give me the part number of the rivets you purchased from Spruce.  Thanks

Permalink Reply by Chris Aysen on March 24, 2011 at 6:44am

Casey - Approximately 95% of the rivets I used came from Zenith (my recommendation). The others I ordered from Spruce are Avex #16040412 1/8" rivet and #16040514 5/32" rivet.

Chris

Permalink Reply by Casey Zechmann on March 22, 2011 at 8:29pm

Thank you so much for your reply.  I will call Shirley and see what she can do for me. 

 

Casey

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