Hi! Andrew.
It is accepted practice to use a small hammer and a hollowed head anvil
giving back support. They need to be hit flat and expanded to a specific
diameter which stops well short of them beginning to split. I suggest
you do one or two as a learning curve exercise. When on your work piece
I suggest doing them diametrically opposite when working on tubing and
probably get a number partially started to ensure complete alignment
prior to final riveting into place. If you are working on the torque
tubes under the cockpit module be sure to arrange the radial
displacement of all the rivets so to not have any at "clock positions"
12 o'clock and 6 o'clock.
Otherwise you may get into "collision mode" with the torque tubes and
the internal aileron tubes on maximum travel positions.
Regards
Bob Harrison G-PTAG
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From: owner-europa-list-server@matronics.com
[mailto:owner-europa-list-server@matronics.com] On Behalf Of Andrew
Sarangan
Subject: Europa-List: Squeezing solid rivets
Is there a way to squeeze these rivets without buying a rivet squeezer?
A bench vice, perhaps? A rivet squeezer runs for about $130 which seems
hardly worth it considering the small number of rivets, and I don't
know anyone who owns one of these to borrow from. Having gotten used to
the pop rivets, I was surprised to find these rivets in the kit. Any
advice is appreciated.
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Andrew Sarangan
http://www.geocities.com/asarangan
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