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woxofswa

Joined: 12 Aug 2008
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Location: AZ

Posted: Mon Feb 18, 2013 8:03 pm Post subject: Baffling tips

Here's a couple of baffling tips worth what they cost.



Those dad gum steel pop rivets are the most strenuous project of all.  I grunted more on those bad boys than installing the main gear legs.



I finally got smart and breaker bar'd my hand squeezer.







Also, I found that if I drilled the holes for those rivets at 31 instead of 30  (drill size), they secured better and didn't pull ever pull through.

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jfrjr(at)roadrunner.com
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Posted: Mon Feb 18, 2013 9:29 pm Post subject: Baffling tips

A pneumatic squeezer (even the cheap Harbor Freight one) makes those baffle rivets way easy.  JAY ROWE

---- woxofswa <woxof(at)aol.com> wrote: 

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 Here's a couple of baffling tips worth what they cost.

 

 Those dad gum steel pop rivets are the most strenuous project of all.  I grunted more on those bad boys than installing the main gear legs.

 

 I finally got smart and breaker bar'd my hand squeezer.

 

 

 

 Also, I found that if I drilled the holes for those rivets at 31 instead of 30  (drill size), they secured better and didn't pull through as much.

 

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 Myron Nelson

 Mesa, AZ

 Emp completed, QB wings completed, legacy build fuse on gear.  Finishing kit and FWF kit in progress.

 

 

 

 

 Read this topic online here:

 

 http://forums.matronics.com/viewtopic.php?p=394543#394543

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woxofswa

Joined: 12 Aug 2008
Posts: 349
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Posted: Mon Feb 18, 2013 10:03 pm Post subject: Re: Baffling tips

 	  jfrjr(at)roadrunner.com wrote: 	
		  A pneumatic squeezer (even the cheap Harbor Freight one) makes those baffle rivets way easy.  JAY ROWE

---- woxofswa <woxof> wrote: 

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 I have one that works great for aluminum rivets but wouldn't budge those steel ones.

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n223rv(at)wolflakeairport
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Posted: Tue Feb 19, 2013 4:29 am Post subject: Baffling tips

I used soft AN4 rivets and 1/8" aluminum washers.  Looks really nice, holds great, and super easy to drill out if needed....





-Mike Kraus

RV-4 sold 

RV-10 flying 

KitFox SS7 Radial building 



On Feb 18, 2013, at 11:03 PM, "woxofswa" <woxof(at)aol.com> wrote:



 	  Quote: 	
		   

 

 Here's a couple of baffling tips worth what they cost.

 

 Those dad gum steel pop rivets are the most strenuous project of all.  I grunted more on those bad boys than installing the main gear legs.

 

 I finally got smart and breaker bar'd my hand squeezer.

 

 

 

 Also, I found that if I drilled the holes for those rivets at 31 instead of 30  (drill size), they secured better and didn't pull through as much.

 

 --------

 Myron Nelson

 Mesa, AZ

 Emp completed, QB wings completed, legacy build fuse on gear.  Finishing kit and FWF kit in progress.

 

 

 

 

 Read this topic online here:

 

 http://forums.matronics.com/viewtopic.php?p=394543#394543

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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woxofswa

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Posted: Sat Feb 23, 2013 5:56 pm Post subject: Re: Baffling tips

jfrjr,



You were right and I was wrong.  My squeezer had sat for a bit and wasn't properly primed.  Once I dialed it in, it pulled those rivets with no trouble.

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