• Welcome aboard HomebuiltAirplanes.com, your destination for connecting with a thriving community of more than 10,000 active members, all passionate about home-built aviation. Dive into our comprehensive repository of knowledge, exchange technical insights, arrange get-togethers, and trade aircrafts/parts with like-minded enthusiasts. Unearth a wide-ranging collection of general and kit plane aviation subjects, enriched with engaging imagery, in-depth technical manuals, and rare archives.

    For a nominal fee of $99.99/year or $12.99/month, you can immerse yourself in this dynamic community and unparalleled treasure-trove of aviation knowledge.

    Embark on your journey now!

    Click Here to Become a Premium Member and Experience Homebuilt Airplanes to the Fullest!

Search results

Find deals on ebay
Advertise with us
This site may earn a commission from merchant affiliate links, including eBay, Amazon, and others.
  1. Z

    Paper Template Generator -- TubeNotcher Update

    "2 years" Ha, you, me, and everybody else. So I'm not quite sure what I'm going to do. I'm thinking my best shot to making this useful to all is to sell the program to somebody tied to metal fab business (supplier of parts, tooling, etc...). I'd probably add an advertisment (or coupon) to...
  2. Z

    Paper Template Generator -- TubeNotcher Update

    I will say, I have more headaches with Safari than any other browser. I can't begin to tell you how many hours I've had to spend because the web pages I'm creating don't display well on Safari. (I do a lot of animation work in the browser..) The Safari team doesn't fully adhere to the...
  3. Z

    Paper Template Generator -- TubeNotcher Update

    I thought of that too... but that's already built in, kinda sorta. Print out anything on the simple tab. See the text printed there? It includes a circumference dimension. In a flat pattern of a tube, the circumference is the height of the unrolled pattern. You can verify width units using a...
  4. Z

    Paper Template Generator -- TubeNotcher Update

    Okay then. You've got me. I give, I give. Hot Wings arguments are pretty compelling. So angled cuts are out. Fishmouth cuts are in. All done. I've added a tab "Airframe Cluster" to the tool. Please check, click here. Be sure to click on Help/Info so the assumptions are clear (and...
  5. Z

    Paper Template Generator -- TubeNotcher Update

    Hmmm... You've not quite given me enough information. I'm assuming that all tubes in the airframe truss are the same diameter and material thickness. Why that assumption on my part? It simplifies the material purchasing process, reduces inventory, reduces costs, keeps things simple. (Is...
  6. Z

    Paper Template Generator -- TubeNotcher Update

    Jeff, Thank you for your feedback. I do want to understand what you are saying. Here's one type of cluster, generally used in aftermarket automotive to create engine exhaust manifolds. I call these collectors. Its a collector in 3D space. One outlet, multiple feeds in equally spaced, given...
  7. Z

    Paper Template Generator -- TubeNotcher Update

    Specialty Equipment Market Association (SEMA), I wish. Frankly there's not a lot of money in a product like this. Guys that use this stuff are all starving artists (bike frames, air frames, custom choppers, off-road enthusiasts...) If you've got money you'd buy a vertical CNC mill, and do...
  8. Z

    Paper Template Generator -- TubeNotcher Update

    I'm the person who wrote the tubenotcher software at CobraTorch.net and as NovaCycles.com a few years ago. That software was based in Java, which hasn't kept up with the times.. There are a lot of security warnings and that kept folks away. I've been working on an update, which runs much better...
  9. Z

    Tube notching

    I'm coming from a metal fab background (Bicycle Framebuilding..) and I'm also kind of a computer geek. I just completed an upgrade to the tube miter / tube notcher software. Obviously not the quickest solution if you have a zillion notches to cut.. but this may be of interest. Input key...
Back
Top