I, like most modern NZ houses, do have a big garage. It started off at
27 ft x 22 ft! The dividing wall, going in next weekend, gives me a
workshop free area of 22ft x 9.5ft with an extra alcove for storage. The
space out the front of the garage, capable of housing three cars just
happens to be the right size for rigging a Europa. The seperate workshop
space will stay until I have finished the tail, wings and and any
fiberglassing work on the fuselage at which point the dividing wall comes
down and I gain an extra few feet either side to use the trailer as a
stand while working on the engine.
Before remodelling for the Europa the garage held two cars, bikes and a
Model railway. The railway and space for one car has been'sacrificed' and
this was the hot point of debate with my wife! She could't understand
how. after spending fours years to partly build the railway, I could
leave it and start on something new!
On another point. I spent some time this morning with a building
environment specialist (one advantage of working in the computer industry
is that you tap your client base for useful information). He recommended
thirty air changes an hour within my workshop to meet NZ health and
safety regulations when working with fiberglass resins - even allowing
for respirators. Xpelair make a 12 inch fan, the GX12 which will pump
1270 cu metres of air per hour. Not cheap (is anything to do with setting
up a Europa workshop?) but a good investment.
I have just dioscovered that living in Auckland has some distinct
advantages when it comes to working with composites. Auckland's second
title is 'City of Sails' and we have literally thousands of composite
hulled Yachts in the city. There are (for a city of 1 million), no less
than two hundred companies specialising in fiberglass, epoxy, or
composites!! I guess that I should be able to find some useful bits from
a least one of them!
Tony
<gemin@cix.compulink.co.uk> wrote:
>You won't even get the boxes open unless its a mighty big garage. 2 off
>at x 18ft by 9 ft is about minimum and room outside to rig it later.
>
>gemin
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Date: 4/03/96 Auckland, New Zealand
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