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DAVELEIKAM(at)wi.rr.com
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Posted: Sat Aug 11, 2007 6:06 pm Post subject: tungsten bucking bar

Does anyone recommend purchasing a tungsten bucking  bar?  They are pricey little buggers.  And what size do you  recommend?

  

 Dave Leikam

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ncol(at)xtra.co.nz
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Posted: Sat Aug 11, 2007 8:17 pm Post subject: tungsten bucking bar

Bought mine from Stein.

Wouldn't do without it. But then we didn't have a pneumatic squeezer 

either.

Neil.

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kearney(at)shaw.ca
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Posted: Sat Aug 11, 2007 8:55 pm Post subject: tungsten bucking bar

Dave  

   

I purchased the Cleaveland bar at KOSH. I have just spent the day riveting the forward fuse bottom skins with it. Actually my friend Larry was on the bar and I was on the gun. Anyway, we were able to use it to do all but a few of the rivets. It has a small cross section so it can get into very tight spaces.   

   

I expect that it is a bit more usable than a bar that is shaped more like a bar of soap rather than the long thin bar from Cleaveland. It is worth noting that one end of the Cleaveland bar has a slight bevel which was very hand in tight spots around flanges etc.  

   

It has made an immense difference in my riveting especially when shooting AN470 rivets.  

   

Cheers  

   

Les Kearney  

RV # 40643  

   

         

  

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Dave Leikam  

    

40496  

    

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rleffler

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Posted: Sun Aug 12, 2007 3:40 am Post subject: tungsten bucking bar

I purchased mine from Grov-Air when I took the builder’s class there.  On Troy’s advice, it was the only bar I purchased, which the exception of the special one for the tail.   It has worked great.  The price isn’t so bad if you consider not purchasing the other 3-4 bars that come in the standard kits.  

   

The bar is 5/8" x 1" x 4" with a 10 degree angle.  

       

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Dave  

   

I purchased the Cleaveland bar at KOSH. I have just spent the day riveting the forward fuse bottom skins with it. Actually my friend Larry was on the bar and I was on the gun. Anyway, we were able to use it to do all but a few of the rivets. It has a small cross section so it can get into very tight spaces.   

   

I expect that it is a bit more usable than a bar that is shaped more like a bar of soap rather than the long thin bar from Cleaveland. It is worth noting that one end of the Cleaveland bar has a slight bevel which was very hand in tight spots around flanges etc.  

   

It has made an immense difference in my riveting especially when shooting AN470 rivets.  

   

Cheers  

   

Les Kearney  

RV # 40643  

   

         

  

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Dave Leikam  

    

40496  

    

QB Wings  

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Posted: Sun Aug 12, 2007 3:55 am Post subject: tungsten bucking bar

Second to a pneumatic squeezer, the tungsten bar is invaluable at making the project move more quickly and increases the quality of the finished product.  Brown Tool has one that is 4.0” x 5/8” x 1” which goes for $160.  The same bar at Cleaveland is $120.00.  You could find the material a little cheaper on Ebay but it is not worth the effort to put the angles on each end.  And of course you are helping Mike by considering Cleaveland.  Like Stein for electrical, these are the guys that all suppliers should emulate.  

   

Guys ask to borrow mine at work on a nightly basis.  

   

John C.  

#40600  

   

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From: owner-rv10-list-server(at)matronics.com [mailto:owner-rv10-list-server(at)matronics.com] On Behalf Of Dave Leikam

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Does anyone recommend purchasing a tungsten bucking bar?  They are pricey little buggers.  And what size do you recommend?  

    

   

    

Dave Leikam  

    

40496  

    

QB Wings  

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