Mr Whippy
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| posted on 21/4/08 at 12:57 PM |
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If you think you have it hard, just look what is involved in building a kit plane, all those panels riveted by hand and no dents allowed 
 
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Fame is when your old car is plastered all over the internet
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907
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| posted on 21/4/08 at 01:13 PM |
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^^^^^^^ What! no balsa?
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MikeR
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| posted on 21/4/08 at 04:50 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by 907
^^^^^^^ What! no balsa?
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thats the thing, i've spent the last couple of days trying to think what it looks like. Nip to the gardening store, buy a wooden trellis and
your away 
(or tell my dad to make one - he's retired, it would occupy a good afternoon that)
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vinnievector
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| posted on 21/4/08 at 10:35 PM |
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blind rivets
the rivets you are looking for are called cherry max rivets they come from the states but 90% of the aircraft in the world use them so they are easy
than you think to get hold of did a quick search on ebay for you and there are two guys on there selling them .sorry did not know how to link but just
type cherry max rivet on your search . i ave them fitted to my car ,i chose to rivet mine with uni head type 5/32 ali use a 4.1 clearance drill and 3
to 4 in pitching's this should give the car some structural integrity .plus i wanted to give it a retro feel to the car asi could of used csk
rivets instead ,i would not recommend you guys going any larger in dia as you will not have the equipment to pull the rivet do not try to use the
steel ones as you need a special gun to pull them your ok with pop pliers from 5/32 4mm alu down 1/8 3.2 mm 3/32 2.5mm use a small amount of silkaset
around the shank as this will stop any mostuoir getting in you should be left with a flush rivet you also have the correct lenght thease are measured
1/16 in 2mm there abouts . measure thickness of your sheet sides then the thickness of your tube add to gether this should be your length
1/16 = a 1 dash size the last didgets are the lenght on the part number look up cherry max rivets they can explain better than i .vin
[Edited on 21/4/08 by vinnievector]
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oldtimer
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| posted on 22/4/08 at 08:37 AM |
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Butch Rambo Rivets or Graham Norton Bends!!
So, thanks for all the imput.........I will be doing Rambo style exposed rivet heads!! I have never been one for clean looks so the SAS look it is!
thanks for all the info.
Regards
Martin
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