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“No bird ever flew nonstop from New York to Tokyo, or raced 15 miles high at triple the speed of sound.
But birds do something else.
They do not conquer the air; they romance it..”
Peter Garrison
HoursAndCounting
Jur's RV7 Aircraft Factory
2917 hours and counting
Some decisions in life are bare of any obvious logic
Hand Tools
The Avery Order 15/11/2010
After a lot of comparison between different tool providers, I decided to place my order at Avery tools.
I looked at Isham, Cleveland, spruce. I heared a lot of negative comments on the tool quality at Ishams. I didn't believe it at first but I saw some of them at Bernards site and the quality is indeed not splendid.
The Avery kit came out best in my comparison. Cleveland was good too but I needed quite a bit of substitutions there. The avery kit seemed the most complete for what I think I will need.
My fellow builders Bernard, David and Fred gave me some advice on the additional tools to be ordered right away to avoid multiple additional orders (feeding Fed-Ex empty stomaches).
I ended up with quite a pack. 41kg of tools. Not bad.
The advice they gave me was to buy the following items extra:
1 x (item nr 4920) Torque Wrench 20/150 (inch/pound)
1 x (item nr 1160) Plate nut drill jig #6
1 x (item nr 1180) Plate nut drill jig #8
5 x (item nr 2500) ALUMINUM SPRING TENSION CLAMP - 2"
1 x (item nr 7758) 1/4" DIE GRINDER
1 x (item nr 7755) LONGERON PNEUMATIC SQUEEZER YOKE
1 x (item nr 7742) 1" NO HOLE PNEUMATIC SQUEEZER YOKE
100 x (item nr 1016) 3/32" (#40) CLECO FASTENER
50 x (item nr 1017) 1/8" (#30) CLECO FASTENER
1 x (item nr 625) N#2 bucking bar
4 x (item nr 3719) 2" X 3/4" WHEEL scotch-brite for grinder
4 x (item nr 3700) 1" X 1" WHEEL scotch-brite for grinder
1 x (item nr 200) CLECO PLIER w/ MOLDED GRIPS
1 x (item nr 1003) Boelube
4 x (item nr 4SP) vise grips 4"
1 x (item nr 15352) 3/16" CHUCKING REAMER
1 x (item nr 15353) 1/4" CHUCKING REAMER
All this on top of the RV Builders kit.
The service at Avery was swift ! I sent a mail in the morning and called them by phone to give my credit card details. In the afternoon, the full package left with FedEx. Really nice and friendly people.
I'll post some pictures when the package arrives
Tools at location 17/11/2010
The tools arrived at the planned location.
It's now time to go and pick them up !
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