Best place in Cda to get ulm aircraft material ?

[John08]

any suggestions.... I need to rebuild wings and will have to get other pieces....


John

[mrbill]

I went to a lumber milling (sawmill) that produces finished pieces for railings, trim and so on.
After telling them what I needed, including type of grain runout, they milled all the Douglas Fir material right down to even the thin spar caps.

Yes, it can be a tad expensive but it sure beats renting or buying equipment yourself and then screwing up some material for lack of the expertise one would need.

[John08]

what kind of wood did buy ?

[mrbill]

Douglas Fir.
I am using T88 expoxy as the adhesive.

[John08]

Thanks Bill, were your spars built with douglas fir plywood ?


John

[mrbill]

Not plywood John, just the regular Douglas Fir.
This wood was ripped then milled to my specs with a nice run out of grain.
Very stronge.

For plywood I used regular aircraft grade birch for skinning the D tube etc.
I did learn of another place which makes stuff like this, as too of individuals who make their own, but for my application there was no savings to be realized.