Vic's Sonex 969 Scratchbuilt project

[ihab]

Thanks Vic and Bryan!

Ihab

[Bryan Cotton]

My torch was a Home Depot special. It is a Victor knockoff. The single stage regulators were junk. I bought some old smith regulators on eBay and some small torch tips at the welding supply store. If you want quality gas welding stuff for cheap eBay is your friend. Buy old stuff, name brands. I took a class, but the real learning was from welding scrap. Lots of it. So far on my hummelbird I have welded up the landing gear. I have a Skybolt in my future.

[ihab]

If you want quality gas welding stuff for cheap eBay is your friend. Buy old stuff, name brands.

Just checked eBay and you're right! Thanks!

Ihab

[vicdelgado9]

While I am waiting for more sheetmetal to come in and finish my wing skins and ailerons, my Nuvite order has just come in, so I decided to do a little polishing on my flaps today. I made several passes with the F9 and did a couple with the C grade to test it. Here are my results. I can still see the swirl marks in the metal, but clarity is not bad. One full flap represents about 5 hours of polishing both sides (only upper side with C grade though)


The before and After photo


The polished hand photo for clarity :)