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Permalink Reply by Brady McCormick on December 16, 2009 at 5:51pm

Nice cushions Joe,
Are you an upholsterer by trade?
Brady

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Permalink Reply by joseph aloof on December 16, 2009 at 6:07pm

NO ACTUALLY I RESTORE ANTIQUE CARS EXOTICS AND I AM A MECHANIC FOR 30 YEARS ,LEARNED TO UPHOLSTER MARINE CUSHIONS NOW WITH THIS KNOWLEDGE YOU CAN MAKE JUST ABOUT ANYTHING CAN FIX ANYTHING THAT CAN BE BROKEN JOE

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Permalink Reply by Brady McCormick on January 6, 2010 at 8:13pm

I thought you had some marine experience!
I have a college degree in boat building and I did nearly 8 years with a local yacht builder here in Seattle.
When I saw your cushions I immediately thought yacht! :)
How far along are you with your 701?
Any new updates?
Things are slow for me but still progress.

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Permalink Reply by joseph aloof on January 6, 2010 at 8:47pm

hi brady do you need some cushions? im waiting for the motormount so we can mount the engine then i still need to generate the funds for the wings so at this point im waiting joe

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Permalink Reply by Brady McCormick on January 10, 2010 at 2:50am

Joe,
No cushions yet, I still haven't started the fuselage yet, scratch building takes a while.
I have the rudder, the wings, the "MagVair FWF", the main gear spring and most of the misc. weld-ments finished. I still have to do the Horizontal stabilizer/ elevator and the flaps/ ailerons.
Once those are all done and hung up, I can start the fuselage, because when the fuselage is on its wheels I can disassemble the table and move it out to the machine shop where I'll be doing several 601 upgrades.
As far as cushions go though I think I'm going to do them in leather?
Love that smell! :)
My Mom has done a fair amount of upholstery work and I'm banking on her help for that.
When I was a volunteer with the CKJH (Central Kitsap Jr High School) and was building the 701 with the kids, a couple of them went down to a company called Oregon Aero and they taught the kids how to do the seats. they did them in Leather and did a super job. I'm hoping
to do at least half as good as the kids did and if I do I'll be more than satisfied. :)
Keep in touch,
Brady

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Permalink Reply by joseph aloof on January 10, 2010 at 8:31am

hey brady what will the carbon fiber valve covers run and the time frame to get them joe..

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Permalink Reply by joseph aloof on January 10, 2010 at 9:54am

brady let me ask do the exhuast for the 701 need to be ceramic coated if so why why not joe

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Permalink Reply by joseph aloof on January 6, 2010 at 8:50pm

as amatter of fact i do alot of glass repairs and gelcoat worked for a marine surveyer for geico statefarm and allstate i do alot of marine repairs mostly outboards and inboards//

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