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Removing rivets

 
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PostPosted: Fri Jan 19, 2007 8:28 am    Post subject: Removing rivets Reply with quote

Gang:

I needed to remove a bunch of rivets from my QB fuselage. (Why is another story...)

This is a 3-step process which involves [1] punching out the mandrel, [2] drilling off the head and [3] drilling/pushing out the shop head. I modified an automatic pin punch into a one-hand tool for punching out the mandrels, so that I could do this as a 1-man job. The other hand holds a support bar behind the panel to make the punch more effective.

Modification takes 5 minutes. Tool costs $4. Time and trouble saved is a *lot*.

The tool is shown and discussed at:

http://members.cox.net/n601ge/drawings/autopunch.html

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Andy Elliott, Mesa, AZ
N601GE (reserved)
601XL/TD/QB, Corvair, building...

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PostPosted: Fri Jan 19, 2007 7:13 pm    Post subject: Re: Removing rivets Reply with quote

Now that's using you head. Feels good don't it? YOU ARE IN THE RIGHT PLACE.

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