Craig
Well Known Member
I spent all day today drilling the 3/4" holes in all the wing ribs of my RV-8 QB wings.
The #3 unibit has 3/4" as its largest hole size. It was perfect for many of the holes. However, since this is a Quickbuild wing, the bottom skin is installed on the inboard half of the wing. The wingwalk ribs are too close together to get a drill in there. The ones under the access panels are too close together for a drill that will accept a 3/8" shank bit. An extension to the unibit would be perfect, however the extensions that I found at the hardware stores and Avery were for 1/4" shank bits. The #3 unibit has a 3/8" shank, so the extensions won't work.
I ended up having a machinist friend bore out a 1/4" extension to 3/8", but it wasn't easy.
I'm interested in how other people solved the logistic problems.
Craig
The #3 unibit has 3/4" as its largest hole size. It was perfect for many of the holes. However, since this is a Quickbuild wing, the bottom skin is installed on the inboard half of the wing. The wingwalk ribs are too close together to get a drill in there. The ones under the access panels are too close together for a drill that will accept a 3/8" shank bit. An extension to the unibit would be perfect, however the extensions that I found at the hardware stores and Avery were for 1/4" shank bits. The #3 unibit has a 3/8" shank, so the extensions won't work.
I ended up having a machinist friend bore out a 1/4" extension to 3/8", but it wasn't easy.
I'm interested in how other people solved the logistic problems.
Craig