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jakent(at)unison.ie
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Posted: Thu Mar 26, 2009 3:40 am Post subject: Filler for unwanted rivet holes.

Garey, if the skin is not already riveted on you could try slightly

countersinking both sides of the hole, then using your rivet cutter to cut

off a length of rivet shank a few gnat's whiskers longer than the thickness

of the skin and using a back-riveting plate and mushroom or back-riveting

set to drive the stub in the hole - not too enthusiastically - you don't

want to stretch the skin. A little work with a sanding pad or scotchbrite

and the repair will be hardly noticed.

John Kent EI-DIY.

"What material have you Builders used to fill in a couple of unwanted holes

in the

Skin, where a rivet can NOT be placed to plug the hole ????



Is Super-Fil a possible solution ????



Thanks,   Garey Wittich  Santa Monica, CA"

      

 

 

 





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Gary.A.Sobek

Joined: 09 Jan 2006
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Location: SoCAL USA

Posted: Thu Mar 26, 2009 3:06 pm Post subject: Filler for unwanted rivet holes.

I have done similar to what John says on a 3/32" hole in 0.032 skin. Counter sunk both sides and then set a 3/32" rivet. Once set C I used a RIVET SHAVER to cut away the excess.  Done correctly C it is almost impossible to tell that a repair has been made.



Gary A. Sobek 

"My Sanity" RV-6 N157GS O-320 Hartzell C  

2 C201+ Flying Hours So. CA C USA 



[quote] From: jakent(at)unison.ie

 To: rv-list(at)matronics.com

 Subject: RE:Filler for unwanted rivet holes.

 Date: Thu C 26 Mar 2009 07:38:10 -0400

 

 --> RV-List message posted by: "jakent(at)unison.ie" <jakent(at)unison.ie>

 

 Garey C if the skin is not already riveted on you could try slightly

 countersinking both sides of the hole C then using your rivet cutter to cut

 off a length of rivet shank a few gnat's whiskers longer than the thickness

 of the skin and using a back-riveting plate and mushroom or back-riveting

 set to drive the stub in the hole - not too enthusiastically - you don't

 want to stretch the skin. A little work with a sanding pad or scotchbrite

 and the repair will be hardly noticed.

 John Kent EI-DIY.

 

 

 "What material have you Builders used to fill in a couple of unwanted holes

 in the

 Skin C where a rivet can NOT be placed to plug the hole ????

 

 Is Super-Fil a possible solution ????

 

 Thanks C   Garey Wittich  Santa Monica C CA"

 

 

       

 

 

  

 

 

  

  

 

 

 

 

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bicyclop(at)pacbell.net
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Posted: Thu Mar 26, 2009 4:39 pm Post subject: Filler for unwanted rivet holes.

You can go one better and set a NAS 1097 reduced head rivet in a smaller countersunk hole, if it's not already dimpled full size.

 

 Pax,

 

 Ed Holyoke

 

 RV6 Flyer wrote: [quote]    .hmmessage P { margin:0px; padding:0px } body.hmmessage { font-size: 10pt; font-family:Verdana }   I have done similar to what John says on a 3/32" hole in 0.032 skin. Counter sunk both sides and then set a 3/32" rivet. Once set, I used a RIVET SHAVER to cut away the excess.  Done correctly, it is almost impossible to tell that a repair has been made.

   

 Gary A. Sobek   

 "My Sanity" RV-6 N157GS O-320 Hartzell, 

 2,201+ Flying Hours So. CA, USA 

   

   

   

 > From: jakent(at)unison.ie (jakent(at)unison.ie)

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 > Subject: RE:Filler for unwanted rivet holes.

 > Date: Thu, 26 Mar 2009 07:38:10 -0400

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 > Garey, if the skin is not already riveted on you could try slightly

 > countersinking both sides of the hole, then using your rivet cutter to cut

 > off a length of rivet shank a few gnat's whiskers longer than the thickness

 > of the skin and using a back-riveting plate and mushroom or back-riveting

 > set to drive the stub in the hole - not too enthusiastically - you don't

 > want to stretch the skin. A little work with a sanding pad or scotchbrite

 > and the repair will be hardly noticed.

 > John Kent EI-DIY.

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 > "What material have you Builders used to fill in a couple of unwanted holes

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 > Skin, where a rivet can NOT be placed to plug the hole ????

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 > Is Super-Fil a possible solution ????

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 > Thanks, Garey Wittich Santa Monica, CA"

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