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EAA build table, rivet plate?
- Thread starter Sig600
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Rivet Plate
I added a top made of masonite the same thickness as the plate. Place the back rivet plate where you want it...trace around it and cut the hole with a jigsaw. Drop the plate in. I didn't glue or screw the top down...stays put just fine.
Mike
I added a top made of masonite the same thickness as the plate. Place the back rivet plate where you want it...trace around it and cut the hole with a jigsaw. Drop the plate in. I didn't glue or screw the top down...stays put just fine.
Mike
Scherminator
Active Member
what I did
Just one option:
Starting with a 3' x 3' square of 1" thick masonite, I used a router to carve out a bed for the backrivet plate, leaving it 'just' proud of the top (maybe 0.010"-0.020" or so). Works well on top of my main workbench, and is portable so I can store it when not needed.
Just be sure to wear a mask if you use a router on masonite - that dust is nasty.
Just one option:
Starting with a 3' x 3' square of 1" thick masonite, I used a router to carve out a bed for the backrivet plate, leaving it 'just' proud of the top (maybe 0.010"-0.020" or so). Works well on top of my main workbench, and is portable so I can store it when not needed.
Just be sure to wear a mask if you use a router on masonite - that dust is nasty.
mikehoover
Well Known Member
I embedded my backrivet plate using a router. Worked out really well. Here is a picture:
http://www.aclog.com/rv-9a/images/Wing/DCP_0735.JPG
http://www.aclog.com/rv-9a/images/Wing/DCP_0735.JPG
marttibenson
Member
Back rivet plate
I used a 1/4" polished plate and just lay it on my bench. Go to Lowes Aircraft Supply or Big Orange and buy 2 24x24 carpet tiles. They are rubber backed and about 1/4" thick (buy 3 or 4 if you want a larger area). The rivet plate stays put and you can move it wherever it is needed. I find this much more flexible than embedding it and it takes less time to build and more time to bang rivets.
I used a 1/4" polished plate and just lay it on my bench. Go to Lowes Aircraft Supply or Big Orange and buy 2 24x24 carpet tiles. They are rubber backed and about 1/4" thick (buy 3 or 4 if you want a larger area). The rivet plate stays put and you can move it wherever it is needed. I find this much more flexible than embedding it and it takes less time to build and more time to bang rivets.
Doug Lewis
Well Known Member
Where did you get the polished plate? I picked up a 3/8" piece of mild steel, but there are tooling marks in it.
I used a 1/4" polished plate and just lay it on my bench. Go to Lowes Aircraft Supply or Big Orange and buy 2 24x24 carpet tiles. They are rubber backed and about 1/4" thick (buy 3 or 4 if you want a larger area). The rivet plate stays put and you can move it wherever it is needed. I find this much more flexible than embedding it and it takes less time to build and more time to bang rivets.
I use this approach also, except I just use some flattened cardboard boxes to lift the sheets to the level of the plate. The flexibility to move the plate around is very useful.
John
marttibenson
Member
1/4" polished plate.
I got my plate from Avery's. I believe it measures 4x16x1/4. Kind of expensive at $35 but the quality is good and the polished surface is excellent.
I got my plate from Avery's. I believe it measures 4x16x1/4. Kind of expensive at $35 but the quality is good and the polished surface is excellent.
It's nice to have option I would say. I didn't embed it and used a heavy plate and 5' long 1/4 thick strip found at a metal refuse place. Sanded polished good to go. I even found it convenient just laying on top of the bench for trailing edge riveting. Ability to move backriveting surface is nice feature too.
