Re: Solid Wood F1D Motorstick

From: <joshuawfinn_at_gmail.com>
Date: 10 Jul 2015 11:15:08 -0700

I guess I just don't understand the consternation at webbing. I will say that I've not been satisfied by much of the literature out there on the subject, which probably means I need to write an article on the subject. Probably not one to be well received since the operative phrase is "git 'er done!", and I stopped using boron on motorsticks with my third F1D and never looked back. I also had a short, explosive relationship with aluminum bearings and found that my own wire bearings provided an almost bullet proof attachment as opposed to the never ending saga of aluminum ones breaking their joints. This is not to knock Ray's products, just that for the life of me I couldn't ever get them to stay put. I've always been up front about my lack of building skills and patience. ;)
 

 I never did build a boron attaching jig...my boron is less than straight. The parts are stiff enough to do the job... I did make a boron glue-coating funnel to pre coat the boron with duco before attachment. Makes life a lot easier.
 

 One of the other things that really made a difference in bearing and hook attachments for me was to use medium CA to attach those parts to their wood elements. In the case of webbing, I attach the bearing to a piece of webbing, then coat that surface with duco, and attach another piece of webbing over it so that the bearing or hook is sandwiched in place. Then the whole assembly is mounted into the motorstick with duco, trimmed to shape, and a cap put in place (in the case of the bearing, not the hook). Takes almost as long to write as it does to execute.
 

 Ok...this has turned into a book. Time to stop. ;)

Received on Fri Jul 10 2015 - 11:15:09 CEST