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| Last Update
May 9, 2007 18:50
EST |
Tools
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9/6/04
Got new
power tools and organizers - What a great
birthday! My wife, her folks, and her sisters got me these
tools and
organizers for my birthday. It appears as though LOWES
has great clearance deals on tools around late August or
early
September. My wife said they were all on clearance with
the exception of the band saw. This should complete my tool
inventory
with the exception of the metal working and riveting tools
I am going to need along with some other misc stuff. Many
thanks to the Infantino Family for being so generous!
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9/20/04 |
Bought
Some Good Rulers and a Straight Edge - We were waiting
at a restaurant by a brand new Michael's Store and we stopped
in to kill some time. I bought three
flexible stainless rulers with cork backing (6", 18", & 24")
and a 36" aluminum straight edge. |
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9/29/04
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Ordered
my C-Frame Dimpler - I ordered the DRDT-2 dimpler
from ExperimentalAero today.
I decided to exclude the C-Frame dimpler from my Avery
Kit and go with the DRDT-2. It will
cost me $170 more, but based on feedback from other builders
this should be a good move. Let me make it clear my decision
is based purely on tool design, not quality. Avery sells
high quality tools. |
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| 10/4/04 |
Ordered
my Tool Kit from Avery - I am in deep now! I ordered
my 3X tool kit from Avery today
and what a pleasant experience it was.
It is
nice to deal with people who have their stuff together.
I had several
deletions and additions to the kit and it was no problem
at all. I e-mailed a spreadsheet on Sunday detailing
what I wanted with the kit, and when I called today everything
was ready to go. It took less than 3 minutes. I can't wait for
the tools to get here!! More details to follow on what
I bought. |
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| 10/7/04 |
My
Tool Kit Arrived from Avery - Yeehaa!!! Go here to see what I got with the kit. The first thing my wife
said was "That's it...you paid how much for that?". I am
getting her up to speed on the quality over quantity thing
:-). |
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10/8/04
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Bought
a Torque Wrench on E-bay - I bought a MAC Tools
TW6250AA micrometer adjustable torque wrench off of E-bay
and it looks almost new. A new
one from MAC is $228.79 and I paid $119 with shipping.
It is 3/8" drive and the torque
range is 50-250 in-lbs. I will get it calibrated
(~$35) and it should
be
good to
go. I will
post some pics when it gets here. This torque range will cover
AN4 through AN6
bolts.
I
will
buy
a 5-50
in-lbs
wrench for the AN3 bolts since they are so easy to over
torque. I didn't want to torque the AN3's at the bottom
end of the range of a bigger wrench. Here are a couple
of good .pdf documents on torque wrenches, one from Snap-on and one from the FAA. |
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| 10/9/04 |
My
DRDT-2 Dimpler Arrived - Whoop!!! Go here to
see some pictures of it mounted to my future dimpling table.
I knew that old dining room table would come in
handy. Thanks Mom & Dad. |
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11/7/04
Assembled
all of my bench top tools - I put together
all of the bench top tools I got for my birthday.
I also replaced the blade on my band saw with a 3/8" 18TPI
metal cutting blade.
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11/11/04
Got my
torque wrench back from MAC Tools -
I sent my torque wrench to MAC Tools to have it calibrated.
The factory calibration (new) was done in May 2004, but
I just wanted to have them re-calibrate it since I bought
it
used.
By
looking
at it I would swear it has never been used.
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