 (Click image for a larger view) | Colin Potter has produced a new DVD for steel tube fuselage builders. Potter, who is an A&P I/A, commercial pilot, and parachute rigger, has worked in the aircraft maintenance field for 25 years. The DVD focuses on modern techniques and tools that are available to a new generation of builders. Some topics covered include: setting-up shop, shop safety, purchasing tools and steel, building and leveling your jig table, lay-out and jigging, cutting and fitting, welding with an emphasis on TIG, completing the fuselage box, bending-in the sides, fitting the tail post, vertical jigging, bending and flattening tubing, building fittings, builders groups and support. This 1 hour and 18 minute DVD takes you step-by-step through the entire building process. The following is an outline of the major topics covered in this DVD. Running Time: 1:16 - Introduction
- Suggested Reference Materials
- Setting-up Shop
- Shop Safety
- Special Tools:Suggested Tools,Vendors and Prices
- Purchasing Tubing:Vendors,Purchasing Techniques
- Building your Jig Table:Construction Methods,Leveling the Table
- Layout and Jigging:Master Blocks and Jig Blocks
- Cutting and Fitting
- Tacking and Welding: TIG Welding,Oxygen/Acetylene
- Normalize, Stress Relieve and Post Heating
- Completing the Fuselage Box
- Bending the Sides to the Tail Post
- Fitting the Tail Post
- Building the Welding Rotisserie
- Vertical Jigging
- Bending and Flattening Tubing
- Building Fittings
- Builder's Groups and Support
- Conclusion / End
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