Quote Originally Posted by Cherrybark View Post
I thought about required tools and workshop while working on the project today. You really don't need too many power tools. Here's what came to mind.

4" x 36" Ryobi Bench Belt Sander
Grizzly Bench Drill Press
The aforementioned Dremel with EZ-Loc cutoff wheels
Two Ryobi 18V drills - one being their Right Angle Drill for a handful of difficult to reach holes
Drill Doctor
Drill Index - Huot has a decent set from #0 - #60 - online - only a few sizes are used but nice to have
Norseman #30 & #40 High Speed Twist Bits - one or two 12-packs of each since your probably ordering online and shipping is a big part of the price.
3/16 HSS Stainless Chuck Reamer - USA Made. You'll almost certainly break a tooth on the one in the kit.
This is a great time to update your wrenches and socket sets. Gear Wrench makes some nice combo wrenches with ratcheting box ends.
Various hand tools but nothing out of the ordinary.
A pneumatic rivet puller. Astrotools.com PR14 worked well with a very small compressor. Very nice to have when popping the large rivets on the spar lift strut fitting while Hysol is oozing out of the holes.
A red workshop chair on rollers.
Harbor Freight has a two sided "parts bin" on rollers that's been handy.
Harbor Freight again - an assortment of the black, spring clamps including maybe six of the large size.

For epoxy work:
Multiple packs of Red Solo cups - cut off 50% to make a mixing cup.
An inexpensive digital scale for measuring Hysol.
I'm a big fan of West Marine Epoxy with mixing pumps. Use the slow hardener for good working time. Useful additives are 406 Colloidal Silica for strong bonds and 410 Microlight for easy sanding.
Nitrile gloves are hard to come by right now so stock up on two or three boxes when you have the opportunity.
Visit Amazon and buy a set of four pate knives, https://tinyurl.com/y44y6t7t for example. Great for mixing and spreading epoxy. Wipe off with paper towel and alcohol. Someone recommended them to me and they were very useful.

Another oddity, buy a pair of cheap squeeze bottles - one for alcohol the other for acetone. Writing constantly comes off so now the bottle with the duct tape has acetone.

The Kitfox tool kit has a couple of items that are very nice to have, including a couple of very long #30 and #40 drill bits you'll need.
I also bought a dozen or more extra clecos in the two sizes Kitfox supplies

If you've been wanting a bandsaw, this project is a great excuse to buy one. There are a few times where I've thought how nice it would be to not be making long, slow cuts with the Dremel.

If you have a jig saw, put it somewhere it won't be found when it's time to cut Acrylic.
Wow Carl!! Thank you so much for putting this together!! I'll be printing this off to use as a checklist!! Actually, everyone has been incredibly helpful. I have no doubt that I'll be able to get this completed. My plan is for a six month build. I don't work fullk time so I think I'll be able to pull that off with help from my friends and EAA members. Thank you again for the input!!