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10-25-2006, 06:26 AM
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Join Date: Aug 2006
Location: Sandy Springs, GA
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Question for Atlanta area RV builders.
Where can I get a piece of steel to use for back-riveting? The Depot only sells a piece about 10" square for $30 !!
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10-25-2006, 06:41 AM
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Join Date: Dec 2004
Location: Gold Hill, NC25
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Welding shops are pretty good for that for real cheap. I picked mine up from the welding shop on the north side, airport rd near astron, at KLZU for $5. They had steel plates laying all over the place.
Work in Sandy Springs, Live in Cumming.
Best,
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Last edited by Kahuna : 10-25-2006 at 06:43 AM.
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10-25-2006, 08:17 AM
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Join Date: Jan 2005
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Free Plate!
If you're out toward Monroe sometime, I'll give you a plate!
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Bill Waters
Based KCVC (Covington, GA)
RV6A - Gone, but not forgotten!
RV8 - Gone too, now winning races in the RV Gold Class!
RV4 - Flying!!!
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10-25-2006, 05:41 PM
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Join Date: Mar 2006
Location: Hixson, TN ( Chattanooga)
Posts: 72
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Originally Posted by tvlawyer
Where can I get a piece of steel to use for back-riveting? The Depot only sells a piece about 10" square for $30 !!
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Try the yardstore.com.
Talk to them and explain what you want. Dimentions. If you order other stuff and add this on in the end shipping will be with it and you pay by the pound for scrap iron. Usually about 10$
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10-25-2006, 07:43 PM
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Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: Blue Ridge, Georgia
Posts: 247
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Lunch in Sandy Springs
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Originally Posted by Kahuna
Work in Sandy Springs, Live in Cumming.
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Kahuna, TVlawyer, I work in Sandy Springs too. How 'bout we pick a day and grab some BBQ for lunch. I'd love to meet you guys. |
10-25-2006, 08:19 PM
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Join Date: Aug 2006
Location: Sandy Springs, GA
Posts: 76
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Originally Posted by smithhb
Kahuna, TVlawyer, I work in Sandy Springs too. How 'bout we pick a day and grab some BBQ for lunch. I'd love to meet you guys.
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10-25-2006, 09:24 PM
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Join Date: Jul 2006
Location: Stone Mountain, Georgia
Posts: 483
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Another Atlanta builder
Count me in on the BBQ. I live in Stone Mountain, work it Tucker and am willing to commute to Sandy Springs for BBQ. Oh, and I just ordered my back riveting plate from Avery. You can borrow mine till you snag one.
Steve Ashby
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Stone Mountain, GA
N184RW (reserved)
RV-8A
YIO-360 180 hp Lycoming
Hartzell Blended Airfoil Prop
Engine Hung
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10-26-2006, 05:55 AM
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Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: Louisville, Ga
Posts: 7,840
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Machine shop
Mornin' everybody,
Larry, I went to a local machine shop and picked up a piece of mild steel bar stock, 1/2" thick by 3" X 12" long and they quickly polished one side so that the rough finish wouldn't transfer to the rudder I was building.
I then cut a rectangular, matching hole in a piece of 2' X 4' particle board and shimmed the 1/2" bar stock up to match the 3/4" particle board's surface. This provided a big work surface to lay the controls on, supported evenly.
You can have the board and the iron if you're down this way,
Regards,
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Pierre Smith
RV-10, 510 TT
RV6A (Sojourner) 180 HP, Catto 3 Bl (502Hrs), gone...and already missed
Air Tractor AT 502B PT 6-15 Sold
Air Tractor 402 PT-6-20 Sold
EAA Flight Advisor/CFI/Tech Counselor
Louisville, Ga
It's never skill or craftsmanship that completes airplanes, it's the will to do so,
Patrick Kenny, EAA 275132
Dues gladly paid!
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10-26-2006, 08:33 AM
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Join Date: Aug 2006
Location: Sandy Springs, GA
Posts: 76
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Originally Posted by pierre smith
Mornin' everybody,
Larry, I went to a local machine shop and picked up a piece of mild steel bar stock, 1/2" thick by 3" X 12" long and they quickly polished one side so that the rough finish wouldn't transfer to the rudder I was building.
I then cut a rectangular, matching hole in a piece of 2' X 4' particle board and shimmed the 1/2" bar stock up to match the 3/4" particle board's surface. This provided a big work surface to lay the controls on, supported evenly.
You can have the board and the iron if you're down this way,
Regards,
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I will take you up on that offer, kind sir! I will try to get a plane on Sunday afternoon and come down your way, if that's OKwith you. |
10-26-2006, 01:13 PM
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Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: Louisville, Ga
Posts: 7,840
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Yes
Hi Larry,
I double-checked the MDF board's dimensions and they're 36" X 20 1/2" I thought that it'd fit in the baggage area of my 6A but it seems a bit tight.
Call me at 478 494 3757 (cell) upon arrival at 2J3. I live 5 minutes away, in the pattern! 
Regards,
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Pierre Smith
RV-10, 510 TT
RV6A (Sojourner) 180 HP, Catto 3 Bl (502Hrs), gone...and already missed
Air Tractor AT 502B PT 6-15 Sold
Air Tractor 402 PT-6-20 Sold
EAA Flight Advisor/CFI/Tech Counselor
Louisville, Ga
It's never skill or craftsmanship that completes airplanes, it's the will to do so,
Patrick Kenny, EAA 275132
Dues gladly paid!
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