Eagler's Nest
General Category => Off Topics and General Interest => Topic started by: Brock on January 17, 2026, 04:42:32 PM
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I'm not a wood worker, thus I don't have many tools that a woodworker might have. But I do like to get new tools ;-)
So, what tools have you used in building your wings? Specificall (since I'm just about to start the wings) did you use a miter box and hand saw for the butt ends of you your wood? What did you like best for trimming the spar 8* on the spar-cap. I do have a router and a decent battery circular saw so I might figure out some of this.
There are some cool little miter chop saws out there but are they worth it? I don't see myself cutting new molding for the next house renovation.
Edit: didn't mention... Ribs are done, so I'm not working on the small stuff.
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I used a bandsaw for cutting almost all the wood and aluminum in my XL. The long pieces, like spars (& angle on them) were cut with my table saw. I did use a miter box and Zona saw for some fine trimming on wing rib pieces. I used a belt sander to make the scarf joints on all my long plywood parts like spar webs. I used a drill press for almost all the drilling. I used a small chop saw to cut my 4130 tubing to rough lengths and tin snips and a bench grinder to shape my fuselage joints. I polished all my aluminum fittings with a 3M convoluted wheel on my bench grinder.