Hauling a Navy Stearman under restoration out for an engine test after major overhaul and installation
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Putting on the wings and rigging the Navy Stearman
Firing up the engine for test run of all plumbing and electrical before covering
turning a bushing for a Stearman rudder pedal hanger pivot
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fabric being shrunk on the restoration-- getting close now
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Stearman centersection ready for tank installation and top cover
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wings ready for dope
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boring a Stearman rudder pedal hanger pivot for a new bushing
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boring a wheel hub for a sleeve to from a new ball bearing seat.
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Rigging an Army stearman
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Stearman wing root and wlkway detail
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stearman wing tip bow and handhold detail
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bare stearman wing ready for cover
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Aileron tip repair
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Forming an engine cowling with the English wheel. Click for view of completed cowl
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Navy stearman after test flight --- didn't even have to re-rig anything
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Piper super cub restoration under way, new cabling installation
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super cub under restoration, forward fuselage and floor view
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Some valve grinding tools we made and use
turning a sleeve bushing in the lathe, with this we can
make anything round, and fit it to anything else
good for bushing,
bearing seats, clamp bores, cable guides, push-pull rod fabrication
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countless jigs, fixtures, arbors and punches
dial indicating a cylinder in a custom fixture for boring with a special coaxial dial indicator, to ensure concentricity of tool and bore
super cub restored wing components ready for assembly into a wing
more super cub front control area views
boring a cylinder after set-up in fixture
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rear view of a new panel fabrication after the wheeling machine work and forming rib installed
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Our lathe at work-- We can chuck up a manhole cover and turn it into a pulley if need be with this one