My hardware arrived today, and I am very impressed
with the way everything is packaged and labeled. To keep everything organized, I purchased a couple hardware drawer sets at a local
garage sale. (Would you believe $1.00 a piece?!) As I inventoried each item, I labeled the drawers with my label maker and stored
each item accordingly. That helped me discover two missing items which Wicks promptly shipped with another order. Labeling the drawers
in alpha-numeric order will make the parts easy to locate during the build process.
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February 10, 2007 ... Here is a tool you definitely want to add to your "arsenal"; it's a miter saw with a 60 tooth, "fine cut"
carbide blade. I found that the carbide blade works MUCH better than the metal cutting blade that I was using before. It's faster
and the cuts require less dressing wih a file. I support all of the thinner aluminum material with wood blocks, and make sure my material
is secure to the table before I begin each cut. This even did a fantastic job of cutting the thicker material such as the aluminum
bar used to fabricate the wing mount attach blocks.
