wrongway john
Well Known Member
Here are two pics of a piece of the RV tool box I?m making. I did about half the dimpling using the C-Frame, and the other half using the 3/32nd dimple dies set up in the hand squeezer.
I?m curious as to what is causing the very slight O-ring scratch around the hole. The dies don?t appear to visibly show a ridge, nor am I able to feel it, but I assume this must be what is causing it. I wasn?t hitting the C-frame that hard, and tried hitting softer and softer. Hand squeezer did the same thing. As you can see from the pic, I sanded out a handful of of the O-ring scratches to see how deep the scratches were, but would still like to make a nice dimple without having to sand this out. All of my equipment is new including my dies from Avery. When I took the Sport Air course last year, all of their old equipment didn?t cause these O-ring scratches. Any suggestions?
On the second pic, I wanted to show what tool I?m using to de-bur. It?s a new tool, and I?m giving each hole two light twirls, trying to take off the minimum amount of material. It wouldn?t show up on the pics, but this tool is leaving serrated edges around the hole. It?s even clearer under a magnifying glass. It just doesn?t look right, and it seems to me this could easily cause cracks especially after banging rivets in.
I tried using a larger hand drill to de-bur to, but it was no better. similar Do some just hand sand the area?
I?m curious as to what is causing the very slight O-ring scratch around the hole. The dies don?t appear to visibly show a ridge, nor am I able to feel it, but I assume this must be what is causing it. I wasn?t hitting the C-frame that hard, and tried hitting softer and softer. Hand squeezer did the same thing. As you can see from the pic, I sanded out a handful of of the O-ring scratches to see how deep the scratches were, but would still like to make a nice dimple without having to sand this out. All of my equipment is new including my dies from Avery. When I took the Sport Air course last year, all of their old equipment didn?t cause these O-ring scratches. Any suggestions?
On the second pic, I wanted to show what tool I?m using to de-bur. It?s a new tool, and I?m giving each hole two light twirls, trying to take off the minimum amount of material. It wouldn?t show up on the pics, but this tool is leaving serrated edges around the hole. It?s even clearer under a magnifying glass. It just doesn?t look right, and it seems to me this could easily cause cracks especially after banging rivets in.
I tried using a larger hand drill to de-bur to, but it was no better. similar Do some just hand sand the area?
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