ShopSheets

Back in 1995, I drew up a series of diagrams illustrating basic homebuilt-aircraft construction practices.  These "ShopSheets" were intended to provide the kind of information that  references; for posting commonly-used information on the wall These were published in KITPLANES magazine about ten years ago.

These are the original as-published drawings.  I've actually got upgraded versions of many of these drawings, but these do just fine for black-and-white printing.

Copyright

Duplication for personal use is authorized without additional permission, as long as the copyright notice remains attached. Permission to reprint in non-commerical publications (such as EAA Newsletters) will be granted cost-free if:

• Permission is requested in advance.... Email me at ron@wanttaja.com with your request.
• The copyright notice remains on the drawings
• You send me a copy of the newsletter for my scrapbook.

The ShopSheets

• Bend Radius.  Minimum and normal bend radius for both 2024-T3 and 6061-T6 aluminum
• Bolt Basics.  Decyphering the nomenclature on an AN bolt, and a table of grip lengths.
• Bolt Head Markings.  How to tell the strength level of a bolt
• Bolt Installation.  Basic workmanship for installing bolts, nuts, and washers.
• Cable Terminations.  Nicopress basics
• Composite Hints
• Drill Sizes.  Decimal equivalents for drill diameters.
• Edge Margin.  Basic workmanship for placing holes.
• Hardware.  A basic listing of AN hardware
• Riveting.  Basic workmanship guidelines for driven rivets.
• Turnbuckles.  Turnbuckle nomenclature and safety wiring.
• Wood Hints

Comments?  Contact Ron.