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brian-douglas(at)uiowa.ed
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 Posted: Mon Aug 04, 2008 1:47 pm Post subject: PIREP: Tungsten Bucking Bar |
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My wife and I stopped by the Cleaveland truck during OSH to say hi to
Mike and of course browse the tool selection. After some glowing praise
of the tungsten bucking bars ("rivets practically melt with these
things") we decided to buy one and see what the hoopla is all about.
Well, after driving 30-ish rivets last night (many in very tight
quarters) I have to say I'm really impressed. The bar is so small it's
hard to imagine many spots on the plane that you couldn't get it lined
up on a rivet and yet it has the same mass of bars 4-5 times its size.
It's early but my initial impression is that this is a must have tool,
particularly for a new builder who doesn't already have a bunch of money
invested in regular steel bars.
Just my $.02
-Brian
Iowa City, IA
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MauleDriver(at)nc.rr.com
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| Posted: Tue Aug 05, 2008 3:38 am Post subject: PIREP: Tungsten Bucking Bar |
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I consider it a must have tool too.
However, I've found that I still need my favorite steel bars too. I
gave Mr Tungsten its first real workout on the bottom QB wing skins.
Lot's of reaching into tight spaces there.
The good news is that the tungsten greatly eased many of the bucks.
The bad news is that I soon found that I overused it. It's too small to
grip easily in some circumstances. That makes it difficult to hold on
to (and you know what happens if you lose your grip $%###&#!), and
therefore tiring on the hands. Once I experimented with my old standby
"Big Buck Chunk-o-iron" I found myself using it and the Mr Tungsten 50:50.
The surprising news is that I didn't drop either bar in the wing (yet).
Still waiting to see the ding that little dense piece of tungsten can
make when dropped. It'll probably happen the minute I stop using
padding....
Bill "psyched after Oshkosh and heads down panel planning" Watson
40605
Douglas, Brian S wrote:
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...snippety snip...
It's early but my initial impression is that this is a must have tool,
particularly for a new builder who doesn't already have a bunch of money
invested in regular steel bars.
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