----- Original Message -----
From: "David Joyce" <davidjoyce@doctors.org.uk>
Sent: Sunday, March 30, 2008 11:41 AM
Subject: Re: Europa-List: Restarting my build
> Rick, I found an oven made from 2" polystyrene insulating panels worked
very
> well. I heated it with a standard hair drier with an exit hole near floor
level at the opposite corner. A thermometer was poked through the wall at
contents height. This maintained
> whatever the Ampreg recommended temp was for 18hrs - 65 deg from memory)
The
> control surfaces were propped up on three stands, leading edge down and
> showed no tendency to distort. Regards, David Joyce, G-XSDJ
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Rick Sivier" <rick.sivier@btinternet.com>
> To: <europa-list@matronics.com>
> Sent: Saturday, March 29, 2008 5:14 PM
> Subject: Europa-List: Restarting my build
>
>
> > Hi folks,
> >
> >
> >
> > It's been a long time since I posted anything here after to a long
hiatus
> in
> > my Europa-building activities due to changes in my personal
circumstances
> > (divorced, moved house three times, remarried - you get the picture).
> > However, I am now installed in my new workshop and ready to retrieve all
> my
> > aeroplane bits from my mum's garage.
> >
> >
> >
> > Before I get my wings into the workshop, however, I thought I would have
a
> > go at baking the control surfaces that I have made so far. I have some
> > insulation panels left over from insulating the workshop, so I am going
to
> > build myself a big oven. However, I vaguely remember seeing some
> discussion
> > here a while back about supporting the items whist they are being heated
> to
> > avoid distortion, but I can't find the messages in the archive - I'm
> > probably searching with the wrong key words. So if anyone has any
advice
> in
> > this area, I would be very grateful for it.
> >
> >
> >
> > Finally, if anyone here still has a link to my old website, I have moved
> it
> > to www.ricks.me.uk/europa and I will try to keep it up to date as I
> > progress.
> >
> >
> >
> > I look forward to talking to you all more frequently in the coming
years!
> >
> >
> >
> > Regards
> >
> >
> >
> > Rick Sivier
> >
> >
>
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