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They arrived today, both are reprints originally published in 1942

https://www.tinmantech.com/html/bk_aircraft_welding.php
Mostly gas welding of tubular airframe structures etc.

And:
https://www.tinmantech.com/html/bk_a_crft_shtmtl.php
Various pics from inside Douglas (A20, C54), Martin (B26), Vultee , Boeing (StratoCruiser), Bell (P39), Edo (floats being made), Luscombe, Lockheed, Curtiss, Republic & NAA plants etc....


& ya never know... ya may learn something

I ordered them from the site I linked to, but they are (re) published by Lindsay Publications:
http://www.lindsaybks.com/

http://www.lindsaybks.com/bks7/airweld/index.html

http://www.lindsaybks.com/bks3/airc/index.html

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Dang, 225+ views & not one comment, That'l teach me to post about technical stuff where pilots hang out & have people read the various posts to them...

or (& I can't believe this is the case..) I'm the only fabricator/welder/sheetmetal/mech guy on here....

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Those who possess real knowledge are rare.

Those who can set that knowledge into motion in the physical world are rarer still.

The few who possess real knowledge and can set it into motion of their own hands are the rarest of all.

ZRX61, don't despair, I'm thinking on buying one of those. thnx for the pointer.

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rreis

If you want pictures, see rreis@flickr

Thanks for the links. I just ordered mine. I am currently an A&P student studing sheetmetal as we speak. Also, just took the welding course last month, and we did mostly oxyacetylene.

The weldin book is all Oxy/Acetylene or Oxy/Hydrogen.

Handy tip for O/A on aluminum: Blue lens instead of the usual green, can be difficult to find at times tho.

If you can find the funds & want to be a sheetmetal god, the courses offered by Lazze, Covell & Tinman Tech are well worth the investment.

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Those who possess real knowledge are rare.

Those who can set that knowledge into motion in the physical world are rarer still.

The few who possess real knowledge and can set it into motion of their own hands are the rarest of all.

ZRX61,

Thanks for the tip on the books, I just got mine in the mail today. At first glance, well worth the price. In fact it is a tremendous deal.

On a side note I just finished one of our larger projects in sheet metal class today. I had to make a flush patch to repair a 1 3/4 inch gash on the skin of a UH-1 Huey tailboom. I had to design the patch and then fabricate a 4.25 inch diameter back plate and a1.93 inch plug. I attached the back plate with 36 rivets with 10 degee spacing staggered between two rows. All but 4 were coutersunk rivets, where a rivet line with universal head rivets was located. I almost got the line to fit perfectly in with the backplate, but just missed by about 1/8th of an inch on the two outer ring universal head rivets. Only had to drill out and replace 2 bad rivets. Unfortunately, somebody in a previous class removed the heads of the rivets in the skin with a chisel. You can see the tool marks from that running right to left along the rivet line with universal heads.


I am pleased with it for my first attempt. Lots of lessons learned.

Thanks ZRX. Ordering mine today

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The more I learn about aircraft, the more I realize I still have to learn.