aircraft tool suppy ?

[RV6_flyer]

Originally Posted by fixnflyguy

John, you are fairly close to me at 8A7, and I have an RV-4 that I built, my next door neighbor has built an -8 and a-7. We may be able to show you what you need , and recommend various options. I am also in Moorsville occasionally at Miller Airpark or on Lake Norman. Lots of builders in the region, several RV's at 8A7 where I'm based.
Bill E. three three six-202-0574.

I am also near by (NC25) and can do the same things as Bill. My RV-6 is flying and I have an RV-8 project. I have almost all the tools that were used to build the RV-6 and purchased additional nice to have tools for the RV-8.

I did buy some ATS dimple dies early on. They are no were near the quality that Cleaveland and or Avery provided. I no longer have them as I found them too soft and they were discarded.

My RV-6 will be 25-years old in September. I have been trying to spend my airplane tool money where it goes back into the RV aircraft community. It may have been about 30-years ago, but Cleaveland Aircraft Tools founder built an award winning RV-4.

[swift12]

Originally Posted by David Paule

Agreed. Of those, I'd put Cleaveland best for some things like the dies, Brown and The Yardstore both good for lots of things, ATS good for things the other stores might not carry, and Spruce handy for a few others.

I bought a Sioux drill this week from the Yardstore, same price as Brown and cheaper than the others, and free shipping. The Yardstore has always treated me very well indeed, and I'm just some guy.

Dave
P.S. The drill.... I had three, one borrowed. That one needed to be returned after a decade. My ancient Ingersol developed an annoying leak, so I ordered the Sioux.

Agreed….yard store is quite handy. I would not be put off buying a few of their second hand tools although my older sh Sioux 3x from them does not have the trigger control of the brand new 2x Sioux I bought. I figured2x would do most jobs on my 7 and I’m not wrong. The 3x good for those larger rivets.

I just bought an angle drill head for my electric drill from ATS and to be honest I think it’s great quality.

[walldan]

Originally Posted by Jslow2

I recently, within a year, bought wedgelock clecos. Not sure about the rules on posting links to non paid advertiser suppliers though. As I recall they were around $0.75 each

I have had good luck with some of the standard consumables. For example they recently had the same 6” 3M cut and buff wheels that Vans and others sell on sale for much cheaper. I was going to post it here, but didn’t know if that was frowned upon.

[Rick_A]

ATS has good maintenance tools. Compression testers, Mag timings buzz box, brake bleeder (alternative to DIY version), etc.