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Old 05-13-2014, 02:32 PM
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Welcome to the asylum.

We've just passed one year of building, and I just came in from disassembling the tail cone for deburring and dimpling.

For the most part it's been fun--certainly educational--with moments of frustration where I've questioned my sanity.

Enjoy the journey.
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Old 05-13-2014, 03:17 PM
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John,

Welcome to the builders club.

Call me.
Just got some tables done in my shop if you are in
The Addison area sometime.
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Old 05-13-2014, 06:16 PM
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Congrats! Enjoy every (almost ) step of the way.
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Old 05-14-2014, 08:42 PM
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Originally Posted by ppilotmike View Post
Definitely get the pneumatic squeezer and a good drill motor (Sioux). I am also thankful to have a DRDT2 dimpler, a 90 deg pneumatic angle drill, a tungsten bucking bar and a pneumatic cleco runner (the 10 uses a LOT of clecos). In fact, buy more clecos (LOTS MORE) with your tool order.

Re: tools, you will likely buy various tools from almost all the usual suspects, but look for a good RV-10 tool package deal to get started. I bought my starter package from Isham http://www.planetools.com/. You will most certainly add to your starter package along the build.. Have Fun!
Will be raiding my brother stash of Clecos and other tools this weekend. He built a Glasstar a while back and doesn't need them anymore. Looking for a pneumatic blind rivet puller, the back rivet plate, drill press, band saw, small(er) debur wheel for either a dremel or die grinder for the tough spots, bench vice and grinder... More tools, more tools, more tools.
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Old 05-14-2014, 08:56 PM
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Default First Rivet!

I started on the control surface today... It was very educational.

Made some mistakes, but that is the purpose of the practice kit, right? Didn't have the right pressure for the rivet gun, dropped the skin once, drilled out some rivets, etc...

Fun time!



About half done.


Love the squeezer!


Opps! Too much pressure!
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Old 05-14-2014, 09:30 PM
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Default Novice move

Don't make the novice move I did in under dimpling
The horizontal stab. Use a firm blow with the hammer on a solid surface.
Don't use cheap dimple dies. Your skins should have clean crisp
Dimples with NO deflection around the dimple. If you under dimple, you
will get deflection. I thought I had used to much pressure on the rivet gun
Causing the deflection. Not the case. Flat skins will make you look and feel like a pro. Down load the rivet spec sheet from the Vans site. Use a 1,000 caliper to measure the shop head height and diam. Don't get tricked by rivet gauges.
They measure the mean. Not the min or max.
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Old 05-14-2014, 11:11 PM
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John,

You might try clamping your work to the bench to keep it stable for riveting. Chasing an assembly around on the bench with either a squeezer or rivet gun almost never ends well.
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