I just added a photo of my film jig to the tool&jigs photo album:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Indoor_Construction/photos/album/1032933735/pic/1834487804/view?picmode=&mode=tn&order=ordinal&start=1&count=20&dir=asc
I think it has the same function as the Sanborn/Tyson tool but is easier to make. The rail width adjusts, after the film is applied and tightened, by turning the wingnuts. The rails are pushed closer, adding slack to the film. One can also turn the wingnuts by different amounts to fit wings/stabs where the rib curvature changes along the span.
Leo
--- In Indoor_Construction_at_yahoogroups.com, "Bill Gowen" <wdgowen@...> wrote:
>
> Very nice!
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: dennisatyson
> To: Indoor_Construction_at_yahoogroups.com
> Sent: Saturday, April 23, 2011 8:41 AM
> Subject: [Indoor_Construction] Re: covering with mylar
>
>
>
> Kody,
> It gets even better if you have an adjustable fixture. I copied Sanborn's and consider it one of my most useful tools. You put the film on it with vasaline on the rails, pull the film tight and then lay your part on it. Then you just turn the crank handle to put slack in until the film perfectly conforms to the outline.
>
> Heres the link to my photos:
>
> http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Indoor_Construction/photos/album/1882585915/pic/list
>
> Dennis
> --- In Indoor_Construction_at_yahoogroups.com, Kody Priddle <pipercub0749@> wrote:
> >
> > Bill,
> >
> > Thank you very much. I think that I'll have to try that. It sounds far
> > more "solid" than the method that I am using right now. I didn't know that
> > naphtha was lighter fluid! I have a whole can of it. Now I just need to
> > get some 3M77.
> >
> > -Kody
> >
> > On Fri, Apr 22, 2011 at 12:43 PM, Bill Gowen <wdgowen_at_> wrote:
> >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > Kody
> > > Here's the link to the video. The link back to Mark's article doesn't work.
> > >
> > > http://www.thermalthumbers.com/bill-s-indoor-ramblings/f1l-construction-5-2010/covering-info
> > >
> > >
> > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > *From:* Kody <pipercub0749_at_>
> > > *To:* Indoor_Construction_at_yahoogroups.com
> > > *Sent:* Friday, April 22, 2011 11:43 AM
> > > *Subject:* Re: [Indoor_Construction] covering with mylar
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > Hey Bill,
> > >
> > > Could you point me to this video? I'm always interested in alternative
> > > methods!
> > >
> > > Thank you,
> > > Kody
> > > Sent from my HTC Droid Eris.
> > >
> > > Bill Gowen <wdgowen_at_> wrote:
> > >>
> > >>
> > >>
> > >> Covering with Mylar is very easy. There are a lot of different ways to do
> > >> it. The video you saw is my version of the technique described by F1Diddler
> > >> in the files section of this group.
> > >>
> > >>
> > >> ----- Original Message -----
> > >> *From:* Edward <ednlois_at_>
> > >> *To:* Indoor_Construction_at_yahoogroups.com
> > >> *Sent:* Friday, April 22, 2011 10:42 AM
> > >> *Subject:* [Indoor_Construction] covering with mylar
> > >>
> > >>
> > >>
> > >> This is one of the toughest parts of indoor, covering. I was at a web site
> > >> where someone was covering with mylar & was using 3M77 in a "little" plastic
> > >> container mixing it with a solvent and putting it on a stab. with a brush,
> > >> then it was over! It said this process was on Indoor Construction but I
> > >> cannot find it. These guys with the F1Ds that look like they were covered
> > >> with moulded Mylar must be able to leap tall buildings in a single bound!
> > >> Help.....please.
> > >> Ed Berton
> > >> Brevard, NC
> > >>
> > >>
> > >
> >
>
Received on Sat Apr 23 2011 - 10:02:23 CEST