[Wing] fuselage jig

[Perry Yaremchuk]

Thanks everyone for the valuable feedback.....I'm a big fan of jigs from my 
manufacturing days, prior to CAD/CAM, but even then, step-and-repeat setups 
saved time.
sounds like if I get the 'new generation' RV-9 kit, it will minimize jigs 
anyway.
I'm also looking for some realistic figures before I get in too deep!!! 
.......everyone tells me it's gonna end up costing me $75,000 cdn before I 
can fire it up in my driveway, or more if I want paint & some avionics etc. 
I realize everyone has different priorities, and time & money constraints, 
so it's tough to gauge......
any other sources for this info?

Perry in Penticton

On 6/10/05, Tedd McHenry <tedd at vansairforce.org> wrote:
> 
> It's more grey than just "pre-punched" versus "non-pre-punched." The later 
> -6
> kits were partially pre-punched (i.e. skins only), but still required 
> jigs. At
> the time that was a fairly significant advance, because locating all those
> holes in the skin took a lot of time.
> 
> Building the jigs takes very little time. But, from what builders tell me, 
> the
> current generation of kits saves a lot more time than just the time spent
> building jigs and jigging parts.
> 
> Tedd McHenry
> Surrey, BC
> 
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