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RWS327-Tools
	You could spend a mint on tools, When buying tools to generally get what you pay for. But when buying tools as in designing an airplane there are trade offs. Below I list some links to certain tools. They are there so you can see what they look like, a * shows the ones I have purchased followed by a comment about that item.

	The first thing I will say here is CLAMPS, Lots of CLAMPS. You will want 50-70, at $3.00 a piece for the spring clamps, you'll spend your whole budget. I again copied and idea from Conrad Dove from Florida. I used six feet of 1 1/2" ABS sewer pipe and six feet of schedule 200 1" PVC total cost about $3.00. I would also suggest maybe 1" shedule 40 and a foot of 2" and 3" ABS, I cut them into @ 1" rings then split the rings with a Plastic pipe cutter, but you could use a hack saw or maybe tin snips. You can't have too many clamps!
	Lynn Dingfelder's improved PVC/ABS pipe clamps.
	Spring Clamps $9.99+ ($7.99 on sale) * I puchased these. One slipped out of my hand while held open and it self distructed, but other than that they have worked well considering they were less than a dollar each.
	Pipe or Bar clamps (at least 4) about $3.99-$5.99 each. The new ratcheting bar clamps are very nice, but at over $10.00 for a small one, I can do just fine with pipe clamps. I would sugggest at least 4 for a Special and up to 8 if you are building a longer fuselage. I used 6 or 8 of them varying in legth from 4 to 6 feet. * I puchased these and like them better than the ones I've had for 10 years.
	Drum/Disk sander $59.99+ * I puchased the one pictured and it has worked well so far.
	Brad Driver about $2.99+ * I don't remember where I bought this but I'm sure it was a local lumber/hardware store. It is a spring loaded tube with a center shalf to drive the brad. They are very handy for driving the brass coated aircraft nails used to hold the ribs while the glue dries (and for hanging pictures for your spouse).
	A couple of backed hobby saws of different sizes turned out to be almost invaluable, the one in the red handle was most used. A good sharp chisel and a putty knife, this is one I sharpened to clean gaskets when working on cars, but I have used it a lot to clean glue off of unwanted areas.
	Various files/rasps round, flat and triangular.
	This is a dowel jig guide, it is very handy for drilling straight holes in spars etc.

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