In a message dated 3/16/04 2:19:18 AM Mountain Standard Time,
[email protected] writes:
<< When it came time to join the 2 sides, the plywood creaked and fought very
hard
to jump out of the jig. By looking at the plywood it seems to be under alot
of stress and on the virge of snapping. >>
Mine did a similar thing as I would think most
do. I was asking an old, long-time A&P who
still rebuilds and flies J-3's about it (he's also
our EAA tech counselor). He told me to just
wet the longerons down in the jig and let dry.
I used some wet rags to soak the longerons,
placed some aluminum foil over them to retard
drying and kept them that way until the next
evening. I then allowed a couple of days for
them to dry out and it was done.
The boat was then easily removed from or returned
to the jig without any problems. I then skinned it
with the plywood sides in the normal fashion.
Jim Hayward
Rapid City, SD
