Bruinpilot
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I just started working on the practice project number 1 in which you build an airfoil section. Already it seems that I have run into a bit of a roadblock needing to dimple the inner parts of the skin where my squeezer won?t reach.
I don?t know if I want to invest in that c frame thing at this point, there are a lot of cooler tools on my want list ahead of this. (Heck, I?d rather get a tig welder and learn to make my own c frame, but that would take quite a bit.) I was wondering if I can just mount the dimple dies in a couple of wood blocks, line it up and hammer a dimple in? Or could I use a #40 countersink on a bit of mild steel, drill a hole and put a rivet through the skin with the steel as a backup block and just rivet it until the skin dimples? Both seem cheaper and easier, but perhaps I am missing something...
I don?t know if I want to invest in that c frame thing at this point, there are a lot of cooler tools on my want list ahead of this. (Heck, I?d rather get a tig welder and learn to make my own c frame, but that would take quite a bit.) I was wondering if I can just mount the dimple dies in a couple of wood blocks, line it up and hammer a dimple in? Or could I use a #40 countersink on a bit of mild steel, drill a hole and put a rivet through the skin with the steel as a backup block and just rivet it until the skin dimples? Both seem cheaper and easier, but perhaps I am missing something...