fred gassit
Member
I recently changed the set of dimple dies I have been using and noticed an immediate improvement in skin smoothness.
I have never been really thrilled with my early work on the rudder and elevator skins. It is clear now that they were underdimpled. (with the dies themselves contributing)
https://picasaweb.google.com/101730...key=Gv1sRgCP35zpHVyYax2gE#5557364601437184530
(not the best image but the skin distortion is apparent)
I don't consider myself a pedant but I'm going to do these skins over.
I will drill one off and try redimpling it prior to ordering new skins.
Has anyone done this before? How were the results?
I am expecting that the fit will be sloppy after being riveted/drilled/redimpled and the skin to be quite stretched.
This was a real psychological setback initially but knowing the cause and solution helps a bit, I just hope I'm not going to end up building everything twice!
Thanks in advance.
I have never been really thrilled with my early work on the rudder and elevator skins. It is clear now that they were underdimpled. (with the dies themselves contributing)
https://picasaweb.google.com/101730...key=Gv1sRgCP35zpHVyYax2gE#5557364601437184530
(not the best image but the skin distortion is apparent)
I don't consider myself a pedant but I'm going to do these skins over.
I will drill one off and try redimpling it prior to ordering new skins.
Has anyone done this before? How were the results?
I am expecting that the fit will be sloppy after being riveted/drilled/redimpled and the skin to be quite stretched.
This was a real psychological setback initially but knowing the cause and solution helps a bit, I just hope I'm not going to end up building everything twice!
Thanks in advance.