Quote:
I have a two location scheme Nick, manufacture in one city in a tiny workshop, stowage then eventual assembly in another location.
Let me ask you this....
For long term stowage of wood members, (ie, struts, ribs, ailerons, short pieces of airframe.
What do you recommend for maintaining dimensional stability of the wood in a hot humid environment as far as coatings and or packaging?
If you were to store those fittings for awhile, (say ten years) what would you do, spray them and bag them?
|
Joe,
Your two location scheme should work okay as you'll start off with boxes and boxes of bits for quite a while before you suddenly start assembling
them.
Good question re the dimensional stability of the wood. I'm sure there would be lots of Forum members better qualified than me to answer that one.
My workshop / garage doesn't really go through huge temperature changes and I've just got the ribs and most of the timber on racks. I was planning on varnishing it all once I assemble the wings. As for the fittings, yes just sandblast, prime and paint them to stop the rust and box them up.
Nick