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Well I am the proud owner of Serial NO. 1368 my plans arrived. Now comes the fun part deciphering what I have and where to start. I already purchased the Bearhawk builders manual and the CD from Russ Erb's.
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Welcome! Good luck with your build!Christopher Owens
Bearhawk 4-Place Scratch Built, Plans 991
Bearhawk Patrol Scratch Built, Plans P313
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Dash- what to do first ???? Im building my first of 2 work tables. I am thinking a router table for my router might also be good. I have the parts to make a home made12-14 inch metal brake-
havnt made it yet........
not sure if I should do tubing or wing spar first.......... am considering the VR tube kit- that's about 4K$ so I will have to save 2 or 3 months for that I guess- I could start with the wing spar
in the mean time. Guess I have to get my plans ordered tomorrow........
Good luck ! Keep us posted - I will be learning as I go ....Comment
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@ Fairchild did you go with the EAA 1000 bench plans or a home creation. I have looked into the VR tube kit myself and looks like a more feasible option for myself as well. I am going to start with the ribs myself.Comment
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Dash-
I was looking at the other fellow's steel table and decided to go steel. I got steel here for about .85-1.20$ per pound- I have about 90 $ of steel or less in the first one.
It is 4 by 9 feet- perimeter and legs are 2 by 2 and undertop ribs are 1 by 2 and the stretchers and diagonals will also be 1 by 2 (all about .120 wall)
It should make a fairly light table- but it doesn't have to hold much. Should be plenty strong enough to climb onto I think. Not sure yet if I will do 4 or 6 legs per table.
Probably use elevator bolts as screw-down feet. -and an 3/4 MDF top.
I have a picture of its beginnings posted on this sub forum.
The wood tables I have seen others make look nice and solid too- so I guess it comes down to which material you like working with better-
I really like the looks of the VR tube kit. One of the engineers at work said he built one of their tube kits for a rally car as a college project and the jut up was superb.
Making all of those fishmouths is the only part Im not gung-ho about. I think the hardest part would be getting the clock positions of the mouths on each end of the tube
lined up just right on each end- The VR would take all the agony out of all that. just block it down - triple check- then tack. I would think the super-precise ends would help
align the tubes somewhat just by themselves. And the extreme close fit of the joints means you can start the weld bead with minimal heat and as small a bead as you want.
(seeing how theres no big gaps to bridge across- or even little ones- ! )
They said something on their web site about being able to send you a sample to look at and play with.... (or weld up ?)
Tim
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