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Old 10-05-2013, 10:48 AM
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John Sabol from Smithville, TX. Currently I am in the process of building an airplane and rebuilding several old vehicles. The wing on my airplane is aluminum and I thought it would be a shame to put fiberglass tips on.

I have constructed a buck and have been learning as I go. Currently I am building a bench top english wheel with John Glovers plans. I have a. Pretty good shop with old machines, Leblond lathe, Bridgeport, big brake, syncrowave 300, torch, etc.

When not working on my hobby, I try to farm when it rains.

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Old 10-05-2013, 07:09 PM
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Hi John welcome to the forum
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Old 10-05-2013, 07:24 PM
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Welcome! Good to see some more airplane guys. What are you building?

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Old 10-06-2013, 07:33 AM
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I am building four place Bearhawk. Wings are being skinned right now. I am building 100% from scratch.
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Old 10-06-2013, 07:51 AM
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Welcome John!
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Old 10-06-2013, 01:26 PM
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Welcome to allmetalshaping John.

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Old 10-06-2013, 08:14 PM
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Wow. Scratch building is not for the faint of heart. Going to learn a lot of skills on that one. The bearhawk is a good looking airplane.

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Old 10-07-2013, 07:43 AM
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By background is mechanical engineering. What got me started is a website by Eric Newton, really neat, talented guy. I was amazed how simple building an airplane is. I have some good tools, but it's mostly tin snips, hammer, torch! I have been having fun, but it is a long process.
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Old 10-07-2013, 09:26 AM
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Hi John and welcome!
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