Gear tower mod
 

I'm planning on doing the gear tower mod (screws and cover plates) mentioned in other posts ... what I have not seen mentioned is how those of you with QB fuses cut the web out with everything installed in the fuse.

I was thinking a Dremel with a cutoff wheel or perhaps a nibbler, but before I start hacking into things I thought I'd check to see if anyone had a brilliant / easy / safe way to do it.

Thanks

I drew a line and cut with hand shears then filed to finish. Probably the quicker way to remove the material.

I used a dremel
 

See:
http://rv8.blancks.com/wordpress/201...-modification/

+1 with the aviation snips, L and R handed. Then finish to the line with a file.

Jigsaw and a file.

Thanks!
I've got some fine metal blades for the jigsaw ... this goes under the "why didn't I think of that?" tab.

May not be a consideration in your case, but the base on my Jigsaw was about 2 3/8" wide. Which would have left a lot of filing, or creeping up with the snips anyway. (The final cut line was less than an inch from the rivet heads)
Don't know about the quicker/best method, but it was easy, safe, and left very little swarf/mess with the snips.
Paul.


(Before final cuts.)

Snips & file

Die grinder with a cut off wheel here. Took longer to mark it than it did to cut it. It's only an airplane..get in there and build it.

Has anyone made the modification on a flying RV-8?