Brief Description: Fabricated some recommended tools
I purchased some steel stock from Menard's (it can be found at Lowe's, Home Depot, or any hardware) and fabricated a couple simple tools. Image 1 below shows two tools with image 3 showing an enlarged view of the left most bar. The bar is mounted to the tabletop and has three countersunk holes drilled in the end, one in the center and one close to each edge. The countersink angle is the same as the female dimple die. I use this tool with a male dimple die mounted in a ram and a hammer to dimple sheet aluminum in tight spaces like the trailing edge of control surfaces. The ram with male dimple die is shown in the next log entry.
The remaining two steel bars (large and small size) are used as bucking bars to set the rivets in the tight spaces on the trailing edge of control surfaces.
