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Will Womack

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I drilled the radius hole in the wrong spot on the first counterweight. Oops! I was thinking of pouring in lead and starting over but am concerned that it will either melt the surounding lead or not bond to the surounding lead.

Any thoughts?

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Wobble a drill in the hole to make it larger on the bottom than the top. That will give you a mechanical bond. If the molton lead does melt some of the counterweight, it will form a bond just like soldering or welding. When casting bullets, I have to preheat the mold to get a good casting. Lead cools to a solid very rapidly.

Derrell
RV7A
Finish
 
Counterweight error

Hello,
I made an error while drilling the screw holes, inserted the counterweight upside down.
I just melted some lead and poured it in the hole, it bonded very well and I then could redrill the holes.
Here the picture before :
http://www.notreavion.net/modules/weblog/details.php?blog_id=62

Here is a picture after redrilling the holes (the ribs in the back have been redone!!!!)

http://www.notreavion.net/modules/weblog/details.php?blog_id=63

PS : if you want to read the text in english, you can select that language on the home page of my website and then navigate back to the pictures.
 
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Thankx for the replies guys. Pascal, I looked at your site and it was helpful. I think I am going to try pouring new lead in the hole. I have not received a response from Vans.

Will
 
Will Womack said:
... was thinking of pouring in lead and starting over
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Fill the hole but don't start over! - the counterweight for the trim tab side does not get cut down (yes I missed that detail on the plans & had to fix!).
 
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