dbaflyer
Well Known Member
So I'm dimpling my skin and notice the male end of the dimple die will not go through the hole. Pause.. I guess I forgot to match drill them. 5 on the left HS far left side on the outer rib on the bottom. Every other hole. There is 1 hole on the right side of the left HS on the top on the outer rib. Do I need to reassemble the HS to match drill or given only 6 holes and Van's great pre-punched kits just drill them in place?
I also wondered about the 8 holes on either side of the HS for the fiberglass tips. I thought I should dimple those holes now, but since there was nothing to match drill them to the dimple die will not fit those either. Do I just drill them #40 now and dimple or wait until the tips get installed?
So one more booboo during dimpling the HS skins. On the bottom at least. On the second blow of the c-frame the skin moved slightly. So the hole is a bit larger than it should be. oblong I guess. An AD3 rivet fits the hole pretty good, but I'm not sure about how it would look once bucked since there is alot of whole on the back side for the shop side of the rivet to fill. Do I just drill to #30 and put in an AD4? And if I do that do I need to worry about match drilling the hole to the rib or spar?
I also wondered about the 8 holes on either side of the HS for the fiberglass tips. I thought I should dimple those holes now, but since there was nothing to match drill them to the dimple die will not fit those either. Do I just drill them #40 now and dimple or wait until the tips get installed?
So one more booboo during dimpling the HS skins. On the bottom at least. On the second blow of the c-frame the skin moved slightly. So the hole is a bit larger than it should be. oblong I guess. An AD3 rivet fits the hole pretty good, but I'm not sure about how it would look once bucked since there is alot of whole on the back side for the shop side of the rivet to fill. Do I just drill to #30 and put in an AD4? And if I do that do I need to worry about match drilling the hole to the rib or spar?