I was having a lot of trouble making dimples in the narrow ends for the elevator ribs. I had purchased a set of dies to use with a pop rivet puller but was having very poor results. Then I came up with this idea:
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The dies are just held on to the jaws with double sided tape and the centering pin is a short end from one of the copper nails that came with the die set. The tape holds it in the top die quite well. I think that I will replace the copper nail with the butt end of a #40 drill bit, just to ensure that the nail does not mash down if not in the hole properly.
I ground the lower jaw so that it would fit between the rib fanges.
This works like a charm. The dimples are as good as using any other dimpler.
http://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.130277620442647.24164.100003812302914&type=1
The dies are just held on to the jaws with double sided tape and the centering pin is a short end from one of the copper nails that came with the die set. The tape holds it in the top die quite well. I think that I will replace the copper nail with the butt end of a #40 drill bit, just to ensure that the nail does not mash down if not in the hole properly.
I ground the lower jaw so that it would fit between the rib fanges.
This works like a charm. The dimples are as good as using any other dimpler.
