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F.8L Falco Construction Manual

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Revision 4, March 1, 2002

Chapter 4

Tools

Introduction

The availability of proper tools will make a huge difference in the speed that you build your Falco.
If you visit a number of Falco builders, you will be amazed at the variety of tools that are used.
Some builders have completely equipped shops, while others make do with only a few hand tools.

In this chapter, we will discuss the tools that you should consider buying for your shop. Many of
these tools should be purchased right away, but others will not be needed until later.

Tools are one of those things in life where you get what you pay for. The price range from the
bottom to the top can be huge. You can buy a small bench-top “table saw” for less than $100.00
while prices for professional table saws sell for $5,000.00 and more. Many builders buy high
quality tools, and there is no question that they are a real pleasure. On the other hand, it is a
waste of money to buy an expensive tool that you will rarely use. Remember, you can always take
your parts to someone else's shop and use their tools!

You should also consider that if you make all of your own wood parts, you will need better
equipment. While a kit builder can do without a table or radial arm saw, it is unlikely that you
will be able to make all of your own wood parts without one.

Measuring Tools

You will need a wide assortment of measuring devices. The best of these will be available at
machine tool supply stores. These companies specialize in selling such tools to industrial
customers. Accordingly, you will not find them in your local shopping center. Browse around the
store and find what else they sell. If you are not able to locate such a company, call a machine
shop near you and ask where to buy rulers, calipers, drill bits and reamers.

There are also a number of companies which sell high quality wood working tools to amateur and
professional craftsmen. Woodworking is a passion that consumes a large number of our
population, and a large industry has grown to serve it. In larger cities, you will find specialized
woodworking shops, but most of you will be dealing with mail order firms. See Appendix A for
sources of such things.

You will also be able to buy tools through normal retail stores, such as Sears, and hardware stores
have a good assortment of low and medium priced tools.

You will need at least one

ruler

, to measure in both millimeters and inches. Many rulers have

both scales on them. We prefer the Starrett rulers, which are used in machine shops and are high
quality rulers. We normally have a couple of them. For inch measures, we prefer the “aircraft
quick-reading hundredth” scale. If such a scale is available in combination with a millimeter
scale, it would be ideal. We have one ruler about 12” long and another about 36” long. The
Starrett rulers are stainless steel and can also be used as accurate straight edges.

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