FS: ECCENTRIC ASSEMBLY TOOLs

For Sale: ECCENTRIC ASSEMBLY TOOLs

Do you have trouble getting your wings in place that last little bit to
insert the wing pins? Then this is the tool you need. The tool fits
lots of different gliders from different manufactures. Known to work on
DG200 and 300, Pegasus, ASW-15, -17, -19 ,-20 (lots),-27, -28 and -29.
Any glider with a pin diameter of 1.41". Other sizes on request

$80 shipping included ($95 out of the US)

Steve
http://www.z5mfg.com/

I've seen some eccentric assembly tools before. We have one here at Blairstown, and it walks on two legs. It's called a Templin. Guaranteed to get any wings together regardless of make/model. Highly portable. Works on cheap beer.

P3

On Wednesday, March 13, 2013 10:45:47 PM UTC-4, SteveB_Z5 wrote:
For Sale: ECCENTRIC ASSEMBLY TOOLs



Do you have trouble getting your wings in place that last little bit to

insert the wing pins? Then this is the tool you need. The tool fits

lots of different gliders from different manufactures. Known to work on

DG200 and 300, Pegasus, ASW-15, -17, -19 ,-20 (lots),-27, -28 and -29.

Any glider with a pin diameter of 1.41". Other sizes on request



$80 shipping included ($95 out of the US)



Steve

http://www.z5mfg.com/

On Thursday, March 14, 2013 6:41:30 AM UTC-7, Papa3 wrote:
I've seen some eccentric assembly tools before. We have one here at Blairstown, and it walks on two legs. It's called a Templin. Guaranteed to get any wings together regardless of make/model. Highly portable. Works on cheap beer.



P3

Could you arrange to have this tool at Warner Springs ~9:30 Saturday morning? Will have to except payment in good beer.
Steve

Can Bobby keep in shape with expensive beer?
Maybe the Polish Racing Team kknows.
Jim

Round is a shape

On Friday, March 15, 2013 5:40:00 AM UTC-7, Tony wrote:
Round is a shape

And nobody mentioned the nickname that (as far as I know) Captain Kurt Staubach came up with.
Jim

On Thursday, March 14, 2013 10:44:22 PM UTC-4, SteveB_Z5 wrote:
On Thursday, March 14, 2013 6:41:30 AM UTC-7, Papa3 wrote:

Could you arrange to have this tool at Warner Springs ~9:30 Saturday morning? Will have to except payment in good beer.

Steve

There's your first mistake. Anything that costs more than $15.99 for a 30 pack (or for that matter, anything that's not sold in a 30 pack) simply won't work. In fact, you run the risk of upsetting the very delicate equilibrium that's been developed over the last 40 or so years of Bobby's beer drinking. Consequences could be dire indeed.

P3

I used Steve's assembly tool all last season and really like. When I first looked at it I felt sure it would get bound up in the first pin hole but just a little twist and it comes right out. Well made and worth it especially if you are using a one man rigger.

-karl


On Wednesday, March 13, 2013 7:45:47 PM UTC-7, SteveB_Z5 wrote:
For Sale: ECCENTRIC ASSEMBLY TOOLs



Do you have trouble getting your wings in place that last little bit to

insert the wing pins? Then this is the tool you need. The tool fits

lots of different gliders from different manufactures. Known to work on

DG200 and 300, Pegasus, ASW-15, -17, -19 ,-20 (lots),-27, -28 and -29.

Any glider with a pin diameter of 1.41". Other sizes on request



$80 shipping included ($95 out of the US)



Steve

http://www.z5mfg.com/

I agree this kind of tool is useful when one-man rigging, and this approach is very elegant. As an alternative, for the past 20 years I've used a 1" dia. length (about 12"-15") of Delrin or other hard plastic rod (i.e., anything softer than the bore of the spar bushings). When the wings are close but won't quite slide together, I just shove the rod into the bores and lever them the last bit. Obviously this won't work unless they're already fairly close but none of the eccentric tools will, AFAIK. The old Libelle 301 assembly wrench was the exception for two reasons: it grabbed pins glassed into the tops of the fork-and-tongue spars instead of fitting into the bores, and there was no turtledeck fuselage to get in the way so you could get a really wide angle with the wrench. I've seen guys try to lever 301 wings together when the pins weren't even quite engaged (unwise)!

Chip Bearden
ASW 24 "JB"
U.S.A.

I agree this kind of tool is useful when one-man rigging, and this approach is very elegant. As an alternative, for the past 20 years I've used a 1" dia. length (about 12"-15") of Delrin or other hard plastic rod (i.e., anything softer than the bore of the spar bushings). When the wings are close but won't quite slide together, I just shove the rod into the bores and lever them the last bit. Obviously this won't work unless they're already fairly close but none of the eccentric tools will, AFAIK. The old Libelle 301 assembly wrench was the exception for two reasons: it grabbed pins glassed into the tops of the fork-and-tongue spars instead of fitting into the bores, and there was no turtledeck fuselage to get in the way so you could get a really wide angle with the wrench. I've seen guys try to lever 301 wings together when the pins weren't even quite engaged (unwise)!

Chip Bearden
ASW 24 "JB"
U.S.A.

Chip,
My first 2 gliders both had levers for assembly (Jantar and Libelle) and I can't understand why more manufacturers don't use this method. The tools I make are made from Delrin to be nice to the spar bushings. The tool also protects the bushings from the wear of using the wing pins to bring the bushings into alinement. One would work quite well on your -24.

Steve