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zodie(at)adelphia.net
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Posted: Sun Sep 03, 2006 8:35 am Post subject: Flanging Dies... plywood works OK

I built mine from plywood scraps too,  Gary.

 They worked fine. Used one set of plywood flanging  dies to scratch-build the whole airplane, and they're still in good shape...  except the ones I trimmed too much to get into tight places.

  

 I tried using a single bolt to draw the plywood  dies together to form the flanges, but found that I had better/easier results  when I squoze the dies together with some big ol' "C" clamps.

  

 Rick Pitcher

 all flanged up and flying 

  

 "squoze"???

  

  

  

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rstone4(at)hot.rr.com
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Posted: Sun Sep 03, 2006 10:35 am Post subject: Flanging Dies... plywood works OK

Hay Rick,

      There are all kinds  of ways to press.  Did you hear about the guy who used his car.  He  put the flanging die under one of the front wheels and jacked the car up and  down with an air driven bumper jack.  All it takes is a good   imagination.  And the will to stick with it until you are flying an  airplane you built and there is nothing like it.

  

 Bob Stone

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Posted: Sun Sep 03, 2006 3:28 pm Post subject: Flanging Dies... plywood works OK

This is very "old Hat" for nearly everyone on the  list, but I couldn't resist the opening, especially now that pics can be  attached.  Note the dies are not made of plywood!

 This system worked great.  I still can't  emphasize enough, before flanging, sand the inside of the hole until you can run  your finger around it and feel that it is perfectly smooth.  Anything less  and the flange will probably crack.  I was in such a big hurry to try my  dies that I failed to do this and wound up with two cracks in a nose rib  flange.  Had to make another nose rib because of this, another  lesson.

  

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 Randy L. Thwing, Las Vegas, do not  archive

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   Hay Rick,

        There are all    kinds of ways to press.  Did you hear about the guy who used his    car.  He put the flanging die under one of the front wheels and jacked    the car up and down with an air driven bumper jack.  All it takes is a    good  imagination.  And the will to stick with it until you are    flying an airplane you built and there is nothing like it.

    

   Bob Stone

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gboothe(at)calply.com
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Posted: Sun Sep 03, 2006 7:17 pm Post subject: Flanging Dies... plywood works OK

Rick,  

   

I, too, tried the C clamps on the first 3 holes.  In the end I found the ball peen clamp the quickest (kinda like the “200 lb Press).  

   

Gary  

   

     

   

    

I built mine from plywood scraps too, Gary.  

    

They worked fine. Used one set of plywood flanging dies to scratch-build the whole airplane, and they're still in good shape... except the ones I trimmed too much to get into tight places.  

    

   

    

I tried using a single bolt to draw the plywood dies together to form the flanges, but found that I had better/easier results when I squoze the dies together with some big ol' "C" clamps.  

    

   

    

Rick Pitcher  

    

all flanged up and flying   

    

   

    

"squoze"???  

    

   

    

   

    

   

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webmaster(at)upac.ca
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Posted: Mon Sep 04, 2006 5:26 am Post subject: Flanging Dies... plywood works OK

Randy, I love your 1 ton press. Now that's thinking laterally! Jamie Hyneman would be proud 

Trev Page

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On Sep 3, 2006, at 7:23 PM, Randy L. Thwing wrote:

[quote] This is very "old Hat" for nearly everyone on the list, but I couldn't resist the opening, especially now that pics can be attached.  Note the dies are not made of plywood!

 This system worked great.  I still can't emphasize enough, before flanging, sand the inside of the hole until you can run your finger around it and feel that it is perfectly smooth.  Anything less and the flange will probably crack.  I was in such a big hurry to try my dies that I failed to do this and wound up with two cracks in a nose rib flange.  Had to make another nose rib because of this, another lesson.

  

 Regards,

  

 Randy L. Thwing, Las Vegas, do not archive

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  Hay Rick,

       There are all   kinds of ways to press.  Did you hear about the guy who used his   car.  He put the flanging die under one of the front wheels and jacked   the car up and down with an air driven bumper jack.  All it takes is a   good  imagination.  And the will to stick with it until you are   flying an airplane you built and there is nothing like it.

   

  Bob Stone

  DO NOT ARCHIVE

	
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