Can I just add a tip from my inspector - if using a wooden bench top,
varnished or unvarnished, give it a good coat of silicone-free wax -
furniture polish is good. This makes it much easier to remove those blobs
of epoxy that inevitably end up on the bench rather than the aeroplane.
Regards
Rick Sivier
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-europa@aztec.houxou.com
> Hutchinson-Brooks
> Cc: europa@avnet.co.uk
> Subject: Re: lay-up table
>
>
> Glenn, I made my lay up table with heavy duty steel storage rack
> legs, and on
> top put an uncut piece of 1 inch thick Customboard which is 4ft
> by 12ft, so the
> whole wing area can sit on it supported. I varnished the top
> with three coats
> of marine varnish. The height is important. You want to be able
> to work on it
> without bending over at all. I am 5 ft 10in and made the top of
> the table 3 ft
> high. Its pretty ideal I find. Good luck!
> NIgel H-B #423, Melbourne Australia.
>
> skunk works wrote:
>
> > oh dear, still >prebuild< here due time restrictions.
> >
> > Nevertheless, the timber lay-up table is now constructed, though I have
> > difficulty achieving good flatness. One notion is to accept an
> imperfectly
> > flat general 'work-surface', but to source a piece of
> commercial or 'coffee
> > table' plate glass for direct lay-up work. This might be left naked, or
> > maybe covered with ply or whatever and should achieve *very*
> good flatness.
> >
> > Q. minimum acceptable size ?
> >
> > cheers
> >
> > glenn
> >
> > XS 344 (UK)
> > Scotland
> >
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