Dan, just to jump start the prewar section of this forum I have a question for you? The pictures of the fuselage being sandblasted ( I assume by you), and the picture below it appear like they might be a prewar bellanca? Is that one of your 14-9s that you were working on? Just curious.____Grant.
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Dan Cullman
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This photo dates to the summer of '77. My Dad, Fred Egli and I were blasting his 14-19 (500A) and my first 14-9 (25193). I believe this is the 14-19 as you can see the brackets for the luggage box and the lack of extra tubing in the windshield area.
This ended up being an all day job to blast and epoxy prime. We used a Deutz diesel compressor, a dozen bags of #00 sand and several gallons of Copon epoxy. Sandblasting is a tough, underrated job; but the only way to get the job done.
Dan
This ended up being an all day job to blast and epoxy prime. We used a Deutz diesel compressor, a dozen bags of #00 sand and several gallons of Copon epoxy. Sandblasting is a tough, underrated job; but the only way to get the job done.
Dan
I have only done small amounts of sandblasting, and hated every minute of it, but I watched Dry Ice Blasting in an industrial setting and it was so clean and neat that I was amazed. No dust, no grit and it did a great job. I asked the operator about doing light metal and he said it was just like using sand , in that you just use a gentler touch for the lighter metal. I always thought that it would be good for airplanes, since there is no grit to get into bearings etc. I wonder if it is available on a small scale basis? ____Grant.
Dan Cullman
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There should be no bearings on this project that could be contaminated. I have tried soda blasting with some borrowed equipment and it seemed to work for light duty blasting.
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