Fred-
Just to start off a new thread here...
Now that you have figured the best way to get the crate home and into your
garage or shop, have you spent some time thinking about how you will inventory
and store all the pieces / parts? When you open that crate, it will be full
of parts, large and small that you will need to inventory, safely store, and
then be able to locate and access when you need them.
For what it is worth, (and for others to comment on), I found it best to
separate the pieces by what they are for. All parts for the tail surfaces went
into one area, The wings are stored in a separate area, and the fuselage has
its own home. Hardware and small parts for each section are also grouped,
although one common area for hardware (nuts, bolts, rivets, etc) would be fine.
Equally important, each box or pallet is labeled with exactly what is on or
in it so I don't have to go digging through 20 boxes to find the fittings I
need. I even went so far with my fuselage kit to put my inventory list on excel
so I can read it. (You have never seen my handwriting!) A local builder
friend of mine took all the hardware for his kit and stapled each bag to a 4 x 8
sheet of plywood in his shop so he could see and find each item as needed.
Maybe some others will comment on their methods of storing and retrieving
parts. I simply discovered as I started building I could organize and spend time
building, or I could store the parts "wherever" and spend my time searching
for the parts instead of building with them.
Good luck on the Moose!
Norm Isler
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[rebel-builders] Organizing a moose at home in parts
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Fred Messinger \(fredm\)
[rebel-builders] Organizing a moose at home in parts
Thank you Norm, I like the apporoach of having specificly labeled boxes
and grouping them accordinly.
How do you read the plans? Are they in big wide sheets? 8.5 x 11?
CD?
Fred
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Subject: Re: [rebel-builders] Organizing a moose at home in parts
Fred-
Just to start off a new thread here...
Now that you have figured the best way to get the crate home and into
your garage or shop, have you spent some time thinking about how you
will inventory and store all the pieces / parts? When you open that
crate, it will be full of parts, large and small that you will need to
inventory, safely store, and then be able to locate and access when you
need them.
For what it is worth, (and for others to comment on), I found it best to
separate the pieces by what they are for. All parts for the tail
surfaces went into one area, The wings are stored in a separate area,
and the fuselage has its own home. Hardware and small parts for each
section are also grouped, although one common area for hardware (nuts,
bolts, rivets, etc) would be fine.
Equally important, each box or pallet is labeled with exactly what is on
or in it so I don't have to go digging through 20 boxes to find the
fittings I need. I even went so far with my fuselage kit to put my
inventory list on excel so I can read it. (You have never seen my
handwriting!) A local builder friend of mine took all the hardware for
his kit and stapled each bag to a 4 x 8 sheet of plywood in his shop so
he could see and find each item as needed.
Maybe some others will comment on their methods of storing and
retrieving parts. I simply discovered as I started building I could
organize and spend time building, or I could store the parts "wherever"
and spend my time searching for the parts instead of building with
them.
Good luck on the Moose!
Norm Isler
Elite 702E
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and grouping them accordinly.
How do you read the plans? Are they in big wide sheets? 8.5 x 11?
CD?
Fred
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Sent: Friday, March 31, 2006 8:59 AM
To: rebel-builders@dcsol.com
Subject: Re: [rebel-builders] Organizing a moose at home in parts
Fred-
Just to start off a new thread here...
Now that you have figured the best way to get the crate home and into
your garage or shop, have you spent some time thinking about how you
will inventory and store all the pieces / parts? When you open that
crate, it will be full of parts, large and small that you will need to
inventory, safely store, and then be able to locate and access when you
need them.
For what it is worth, (and for others to comment on), I found it best to
separate the pieces by what they are for. All parts for the tail
surfaces went into one area, The wings are stored in a separate area,
and the fuselage has its own home. Hardware and small parts for each
section are also grouped, although one common area for hardware (nuts,
bolts, rivets, etc) would be fine.
Equally important, each box or pallet is labeled with exactly what is on
or in it so I don't have to go digging through 20 boxes to find the
fittings I need. I even went so far with my fuselage kit to put my
inventory list on excel so I can read it. (You have never seen my
handwriting!) A local builder friend of mine took all the hardware for
his kit and stapled each bag to a 4 x 8 sheet of plywood in his shop so
he could see and find each item as needed.
Maybe some others will comment on their methods of storing and
retrieving parts. I simply discovered as I started building I could
organize and spend time building, or I could store the parts "wherever"
and spend my time searching for the parts instead of building with
them.
Good luck on the Moose!
Norm Isler
Elite 702E
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[rebel-builders] Organizing a moose at home in parts
Fred-
The "plans" for the project are organized in a thick loose leaf binder,
mostly 8 1/2 x 11 pages with some fold outs at 11 x 17. It is more of an
"assembly manual" then plans.
A copy is also available on CD for viewing on your computer. I actually have
the manual on my traveling laptop so I can contemplate future construction
time while I travel for business.
Norm
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The "plans" for the project are organized in a thick loose leaf binder,
mostly 8 1/2 x 11 pages with some fold outs at 11 x 17. It is more of an
"assembly manual" then plans.
A copy is also available on CD for viewing on your computer. I actually have
the manual on my traveling laptop so I can contemplate future construction
time while I travel for business.
Norm
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mbetti
[rebel-builders] Organizing a moose at home in parts
What I did was went to the grocery store and got some of those cardboard grocery boxes with the 2 handles. I put all the parts for each section, wing, fin, rudder, etc into it's own box. I then labeled with a Sharpe the pt. no.s on the front of each box. The boxes were then put on a shelving unit so I could read the ends. All the long and larger parts were just put on a shelf I added to the bottom of the MAM plans built work table. I would do it again this way, worked well. Took one day to inventory and organize with my wifes help. I think there is picture on my website showing this setup. www.mikeselite.com
Mike Betti
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Mike Betti
771E
On Fri, 31 Mar 2006 09:36:59 EST, rebel-builders@dcsol.com said:
Fred-
The "plans" for the project are organized in a thick loose leaf binder,
mostly 8 1/2 x 11 pages with some fold outs at 11 x 17. It is more of an
"assembly manual" then plans.
A copy is also available on CD for viewing on your computer. I actually have
the manual on my traveling laptop so I can contemplate future construction
time while I travel for business.
Norm
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brad
[rebel-builders] Organizing a moose at home in parts
Fred
I'm working on a Rebel so can't imagine all the parts in a Moose
But. I made a spredsheet listing all the parts and which box (all large and
small boxes recieved a code)
The nice thing about a spreadsheet is that you can search by part # or
description and find which box it's in. Takes time in the beginning but sure
saves it when you are looking for a part and have no idea what it looks like.
Brad (R195)
On 3/31/2006 4:59 AM, normisler@aol.com wrote to rebel-builders:
-> Fred-
->
-> Just to start off a new thread here...
->
-> Now that you have figured the best way to get the crate home and into
your
-> garage or shop, have you spent some time thinking about how you will
inventory
-> and store all the pieces / parts? When you open that crate, it will be full
-> of parts, large and small that you will need to inventory, safely store,
and
-> then be able to locate and access when you need them.
->
-> For what it is worth, (and for others to comment on), I found it best to
-> separate the pieces by what they are for. All parts for the tail surfaces
went
-> into one area, The wings are stored in a separate area, and the fuselage
has
-> its own home. Hardware and small parts for each section are also
grouped,
-> although one common area for hardware (nuts, bolts, rivets, etc) would
be fine.
->
-> Equally important, each box or pallet is labeled with exactly what is on
or
-> in it so I don't have to go digging through 20 boxes to find the fittings I
-> need. I even went so far with my fuselage kit to put my inventory list on
excel
-> so I can read it. (You have never seen my handwriting!) A local builder
-> friend of mine took all the hardware for his kit and stapled each bag to a
4 x 8
-> sheet of plywood in his shop so he could see and find each item as
needed.
->
-> Maybe some others will comment on their methods of storing and
retrieving
-> parts. I simply discovered as I started building I could organize and
spend time
-> building, or I could store the parts "wherever" and spend my time
searching
-> for the parts instead of building with them.
->
-> Good luck on the Moose!
->
-> Norm Isler
-> Elite 702E
->
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I'm working on a Rebel so can't imagine all the parts in a Moose
But. I made a spredsheet listing all the parts and which box (all large and
small boxes recieved a code)
The nice thing about a spreadsheet is that you can search by part # or
description and find which box it's in. Takes time in the beginning but sure
saves it when you are looking for a part and have no idea what it looks like.
Brad (R195)
On 3/31/2006 4:59 AM, normisler@aol.com wrote to rebel-builders:
-> Fred-
->
-> Just to start off a new thread here...
->
-> Now that you have figured the best way to get the crate home and into
your
-> garage or shop, have you spent some time thinking about how you will
inventory
-> and store all the pieces / parts? When you open that crate, it will be full
-> of parts, large and small that you will need to inventory, safely store,
and
-> then be able to locate and access when you need them.
->
-> For what it is worth, (and for others to comment on), I found it best to
-> separate the pieces by what they are for. All parts for the tail surfaces
went
-> into one area, The wings are stored in a separate area, and the fuselage
has
-> its own home. Hardware and small parts for each section are also
grouped,
-> although one common area for hardware (nuts, bolts, rivets, etc) would
be fine.
->
-> Equally important, each box or pallet is labeled with exactly what is on
or
-> in it so I don't have to go digging through 20 boxes to find the fittings I
-> need. I even went so far with my fuselage kit to put my inventory list on
excel
-> so I can read it. (You have never seen my handwriting!) A local builder
-> friend of mine took all the hardware for his kit and stapled each bag to a
4 x 8
-> sheet of plywood in his shop so he could see and find each item as
needed.
->
-> Maybe some others will comment on their methods of storing and
retrieving
-> parts. I simply discovered as I started building I could organize and
spend time
-> building, or I could store the parts "wherever" and spend my time
searching
-> for the parts instead of building with them.
->
-> Good luck on the Moose!
->
-> Norm Isler
-> Elite 702E
->
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Fred Messinger \(fredm\)
[rebel-builders] Organizing a moose at home in parts
Mike,
Is your web site up? Can't access it.
Fred
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Sent: Friday, March 31, 2006 12:52 PM
To: rebel-builders@dcsol.com
Subject: Re: [rebel-builders] Organizing a moose at home in parts
What I did was went to the grocery store and got some of those cardboard
grocery boxes with the 2 handles. I put all the parts for each section,
wing, fin, rudder, etc into it's own box. I then labeled with a Sharpe
the pt. no.s on the front of each box. The boxes were then put on a
shelving unit so I could read the ends. All the long and larger parts
were just put on a shelf I added to the bottom of the MAM plans built
work table. I would do it again this way, worked well. Took one day to
inventory and organize with my wifes help. I think there is picture on
my website showing this setup. www.mikeselite.com Mike Betti 771E
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Is your web site up? Can't access it.
Fred
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To: rebel-builders@dcsol.com
Subject: Re: [rebel-builders] Organizing a moose at home in parts
What I did was went to the grocery store and got some of those cardboard
grocery boxes with the 2 handles. I put all the parts for each section,
wing, fin, rudder, etc into it's own box. I then labeled with a Sharpe
the pt. no.s on the front of each box. The boxes were then put on a
shelving unit so I could read the ends. All the long and larger parts
were just put on a shelf I added to the bottom of the MAM plans built
work table. I would do it again this way, worked well. Took one day to
inventory and organize with my wifes help. I think there is picture on
my website showing this setup. www.mikeselite.com Mike Betti 771E
On Fri, 31 Mar 2006 09:36:59 EST, rebel-builders@dcsol.com said:
Fred-
The "plans" for the project are organized in a thick loose leaf binder,
mostly 8 1/2 x 11 pages with some fold outs at 11 x 17. It is more of
an "assembly manual" then plans.
A copy is also available on CD for viewing on your computer. I actually
have the manual on my traveling laptop so I can contemplate future
construction time while I travel for business.
Norm
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Up and down... doing some work on it. Just keep checking back.
Mike
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-> Mike,
->
-> Is your web site up? Can't access it.
->
-> Fred
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-> Mike,
->
-> Is your web site up? Can't access it.
->
-> Fred
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