Rick6a
Well Known Member
I wanted to install a terminal board to a side skin. To do so required dimpled holes in the skin to accept #6 screws. At this stage of assembly using a C-frame, pneumatic or hand squeezer is out of the question. Close quarter dimple sets used with a pop rivet tool simply do not produce dimples as "sharp" as regular dimple dies. These particular dimples are in a highly visible area so a better technique was desired.
The problem was solved by drilling .1895 holes into a bucking bar and an old rivet set. Even using my floor mounted drill press, it took some doing to produce those holes! Still, using these slightly modified tools, any of the dimples in our collection will have even greater utility when fitted to a rivet gun. Cleaveland and Avery Tool...are you listening?
The problem was solved by drilling .1895 holes into a bucking bar and an old rivet set. Even using my floor mounted drill press, it took some doing to produce those holes! Still, using these slightly modified tools, any of the dimples in our collection will have even greater utility when fitted to a rivet gun. Cleaveland and Avery Tool...are you listening?
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