Building in the bedroom

[Ralph Baker]

Jesse,
I admire your enthusiasm but trying to build in the area you describe is
a receipe for frustration leading to an unfinished kit. I began to
build in a single car garage and it was maddening after a while. Can it
be done? Sure, up to a point but everything is on the other side of the
build table and the cramped quarters made it a more difficult journey.

I can't speak to the MAM primer as we used Sherwin Williams but that
smelled "epoxy like" enough that I would not want to sleep with it, much
less the solvents. Priming the inside surfaces properly will take
effort in surface preparation that will be more extensive than practical
in a house. Priming the feying surfaces would not be impractical. Our
hangar floor is a collection of spills of one thing and another than
will be there forever. That would be a disaster in a house.

We also started with rechargeable electric drills and found them a
distant second to 3600 rpm air drills (others may disagree with this).
Our Elite one piece stabilizer could be built on a 10' long table but I
would not want to build two work tables. An offset is that the short
table would be a most useful addition to a larger work area - never have
enough horizontal space. Another space consideration is where to store
material. That would be minimized with sub kits but still significant.

In an case, you will still need to pull a significant number of rivets.
A pneumatic puller is the only practical way. Pulling the required
rivets by hand would leave you with forearms like Popeye the Sailor.
Also, I don't think the rivets would be as consistent.

All in, I don't think it practical to start in a 12' x 12' area with the
stated restrictions. Some other thoughts would be to find a two car
garage or hangar to rent. If you can find another Rebel builder you can
split the rent and tool costs ans well as the work. With two you will
cut the time in less than half, have someone to confer with, help
carrying, lifting, and turning and not have to buy all the tools
yourself.
Ralph Baker
Elite 624E
90% done, 90% to go :):)


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