Terrence Phillips - Experimental Aircraft Builder's Log

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Date: 7-23-2010
Number of Hours: 0.10
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Brief Description: Remove rivets--continuation

Continuation because of Kitlog Pro's (#$&^%*%$#&) 2048 character limit: 2. To remove the stubborn rivets, I used the following procedure: - Transfer punch the center of the rivet - Drill through the center of the rivet with a 1/8" bit, being very careful to keep the drill normal to the spar cap and centered in the hole - Enlarge the hole to 5/32" - Drive the core of the rivet out with the 3/16" rivet gun punch - Then drill again with a #11 bit to remove most of the residual material left on the walls of the hole. - After I separated the bars and web of the spar cap, I used a pick to remove any remaining rivet shank material

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